Hi; I have been following the thread "Can we have different desktop backgrounds for different workspaces?" with interest. I have started a new thread because I have a question or topic that is related but a bit different. I am using Gnome for my desktop. For the last 2 or 3 years I have been looking for a way to setup my desktop so that I could have different backgrounds/wallpaper and launchers in different work spaces. Particularly I would like one set of wallpaper and launchers on what I might designate as my "play' area and a different setup for a "work" workspace. For example: A "play" workspace would consist of something like a background with favourite photograph(s) and launchers for tv, radio, volume, other media and a 'home' icon that had a path to my personal files. I expect the 'play' area somewhat filled with a messy variety of launchers. A "work" workspace would be sparse, clean, with a solid colour background for easy reading. When I work I want a choice of just a few launchers which I use regularly placed exactly where I know how to find them with either the mouse or keyboard. And, a Home icon that I could setup with a path that leads to my directory(s) where I keep various work projects. I would like to be able to move back and forth between "play" and "work" workspaces using the workspace switcher. Other people might have other choices. They might want a 'home' workspace as well as a 'photography' workspace, or, a 'business' workspace, or a 'writer's' workspace, or a 'programming' workspace. I have tried opening a second 'work' user, but then common functions like email, internet browsing and jotters are not available to both users. I would like to maintain the easy, single user, inter-workspace communication. It is really just the launchers and background that I want to change. It would be no different than running programs as a single user. Sleeping and running processes would remain the same. I would keep the panels (particularly 'Window List' app). For those of you who are familiar with Gnome; How difficult would it be to build an addon or plugin for the workspace app so that when I changed workspaces a different desktop i.e. ~/Desktop2, and ~/Wallpaper2, would open and replace Desktop1 and Wallpaper1? I have looked over the Gnome Developers site. I am not looking for any instructions at this point, but any major gotcha's or considerations to think about before I even begin a project of that size would be helpful. -- Regards Bill Fedora 11, Gnome 2.26.3 Evo.2.26.3, Emacs 23.1.1 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
