Fw: [ale] desktop size

Irv Mullins irv at ellijay.com
Sat Jun 26 06:36:07 EDT 1999


On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, you wrote:
> Also, some wms (fvwm for sure, others?) have an "edge viscosity"
> setting that affects how the mouse pointer acts at the edge of
> a virtual desktop. If you set it low, mousing off the edge of
> the screen will flip you to the next virtual desktop; set it
> high enough and the mouse can't force a desktop switch - you
> have to use the pager. It sounds like the behavior you describe
> might result from too low a setting for this parameter. For
> what it's worth, in .fvwmrc the parameter is called
> EdgeResistance.

Yes - after extensive searching, I found that you can turn this option on 
or off in KDE by going to the KDE Control Center/Desktop/Borders, and
clicking "enable active desktop borders" 

Irv






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