[gentoo-user] pager independant of window manager

[gentoo-user] pager independant of window manager

[Harry Putnam]

Can anyone tell me if there is a desktop pager that can be run
regardless of window manager?

I suspect the kde (kpager) might do it but I'm not willing to fuss
with the kdelibs and qt-3.3 pkgs required to install it.

Browsing through portage, It appears there is not such a critter.

Re: [gentoo-user] pager independant of window manager

[Dirk Heinrichs]

Am Samstag, 29. November 2008 07:30:03 schrieb Harry Putnam:

> Can anyone tell me if there is a desktop pager that can be run
> regardless of window manager?
>
> Browsing through portage, It appears there is not such a critter.

xterm -e less <filename>

otherwise: eix pager

HTH...

	Dirk

[gentoo-user] Re: pager independant of window manager

[Rodrigo Lazo]

Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@online.de> writes:

> Am Samstag, 29. November 2008 07:30:03 schrieb Harry Putnam:
>
>> Can anyone tell me if there is a desktop pager that can be run
>> regardless of window manager?
>>
>> Browsing through portage, It appears there is not such a critter.
>
> xterm -e less <filename>
>
> otherwise: eix pager
>
> HTH...

I think he mean a pager like this:

http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/fbpager/

regards

-- 

Rodrigo Lazo (rlazo)

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: pager independant of window manager

[Dirk Heinrichs]

Am Samstag, 29. November 2008 18:32:34 schrieb Rodrigo Lazo:

> I think he mean a pager like this:
>
> http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/fbpager/

Aargh, stupid me. Yes, there's two meanings of "pager".

Bye...

	Dirk

[gentoo-user] Re: pager independant of window manager

[Harry Putnam]

Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@online.de> writes:

> Am Samstag, 29. November 2008 18:32:34 schrieb Rodrigo Lazo:
>
>> I think he mean a pager like this:
>>
>> http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/fbpager/
>
> Aargh, stupid me. Yes, there's two meanings of "pager".

He he... caught you in a dumb move... since you make very few of
them... I'll have to make the most of this one.... 
I hoped by using `desktop pager' it would avoid this very comment.

Nah nah na na naaahhhh

[gentoo-user] Re: pager independant of window manager

[Harry Putnam]

Rodrigo Lazo <rlazo.paz@gmail.com> writes:

[...]

> http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/fbpager/

Yeah, I knew about that one and have tried it but its no more aware
than bbpager (blackbox).

By that I mean, clicking inside the pager does not transport you to
that desktop.   At least I did not see that happen here.

However I've since found that in blackbox one can use the mouse scroll
wheel to quickly navigate to any desktop and bbpager supplies the
quick visual reference.  So I think with a little usage, clicking in
the pager will not be my first thought when needing to change
desktops.

One other missing ingredient though is that you cannot tell what the
windows displayed inside the pager are.  I'm used to seeing what they
are ala kde.

But again the mouse scroll is so quick, that may not matter much
either.  So far I can never remember which way to scroll. but with
only 4 desktops I actually ever use... it still is very quick to mouse
scroll until you find the right one.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: pager independant of window manager

[Joshua Murphy]

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 5:45 AM, Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
> Rodrigo Lazo <rlazo.paz@gmail.com> writes:
>
> [...]
>
>> http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/fbpager/
>
> Yeah, I knew about that one and have tried it but its no more aware
> than bbpager (blackbox).
>
> By that I mean, clicking inside the pager does not transport you to
> that desktop.   At least I did not see that happen here.
>
> However I've since found that in blackbox one can use the mouse scroll
> wheel to quickly navigate to any desktop and bbpager supplies the
> quick visual reference.  So I think with a little usage, clicking in
> the pager will not be my first thought when needing to change
> desktops.
>
> One other missing ingredient though is that you cannot tell what the
> windows displayed inside the pager are.  I'm used to seeing what they
> are ala kde.
>
> But again the mouse scroll is so quick, that may not matter much
> either.  So far I can never remember which way to scroll. but with
> only 4 desktops I actually ever use... it still is very quick to mouse
> scroll until you find the right one.

Well... (pulling from http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/fbpager/ )
in ~/.fluxbox/fbpager set:
fbpager.icons: true
fbpager.changeWorkspaceButton: 1

and in the case of bbpager (which doesn't support icons),
in ~/.bbtools/bbpager.bb and ~/.bbtools/bbpager.nobb set:
bbpager.desktopChangeButton:	1
bbpager.windowMoveButton:      3

-- 
Poison [BLX]
Joshua M. Murphy

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: pager independant of window manager

[brigante]

Joshua Murphy wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 5:45 AM, Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
>   
>> Rodrigo Lazo <rlazo.paz@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>     
>>> http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/fbpager/
>>>       
>> Yeah, I knew about that one and have tried it but its no more aware
>> than bbpager (blackbox).
>>
>> By that I mean, clicking inside the pager does not transport you to
>> that desktop.   At least I did not see that happen here.
>>
>> However I've since found that in blackbox one can use the mouse scroll
>> wheel to quickly navigate to any desktop and bbpager supplies the
>> quick visual reference.  So I think with a little usage, clicking in
>> the pager will not be my first thought when needing to change
>> desktops.
>>
>> One other missing ingredient though is that you cannot tell what the
>> windows displayed inside the pager are.  I'm used to seeing what they
>> are ala kde.
>>
>> But again the mouse scroll is so quick, that may not matter much
>> either.  So far I can never remember which way to scroll. but with
>> only 4 desktops I actually ever use... it still is very quick to mouse
>> scroll until you find the right one.
>>     
>
> Well... (pulling from http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/fbpager/ )
> in ~/.fluxbox/fbpager set:
> fbpager.icons: true
> fbpager.changeWorkspaceButton: 1
>
> and in the case of bbpager (which doesn't support icons),
> in ~/.bbtools/bbpager.bb and ~/.bbtools/bbpager.nobb set:
> bbpager.desktopChangeButton:	1
> bbpager.windowMoveButton:      3
>
>   
exist a pager , independent and more usefull than the traditional
f/bbpafger , is "ipager"...


...go here [http://www.useperl.ru/ipager/index.en.html]

bye !

[gentoo-user] Re: pager independant of window manager

[Harry Putnam]

"Joshua Murphy" <poisonbl@gmail.com> writes:

> Well... (pulling from http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/fbpager/ )
> in ~/.fluxbox/fbpager set:
> fbpager.icons: true
> fbpager.changeWorkspaceButton: 1
>
> and in the case of bbpager (which doesn't support icons),
> in ~/.bbtools/bbpager.bb and ~/.bbtools/bbpager.nobb set:
> bbpager.desktopChangeButton:	1
> bbpager.windowMoveButton:      3

Ahh there you go.. yes.  I just hadn't dug into the files enough.

[gentoo-user] Re: pager independant of window manager

[Harry Putnam]

brigante <brigante00@gmail.com> writes:

> exist a pager , independent and more usefull than the traditional
> f/bbpafger , is "ipager"...
>
>
> ...go here [http://www.useperl.ru/ipager/index.en.html]
>

Thanks... yes looks interesting.