[gentoo-user] plasma 5 virtual desktops with different backgrounds and widgets

[gentoo-user] plasma 5 virtual desktops with different backgrounds and widgets

[»Q«]

With Plasma 5, the option to have different backgrounds and widgets on
different virtual desktops is gone, and I miss it.  There is work being
done to get something like that back -- at least I think so, from
<https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=341143#c167>.  (Do not read that
bug report unless you're prepared to wade through an astonishing about
of whiny bugspam -- I just did, and my eyes are bleeding.)

AIUI now, the closest thing that can be done to get something like
distinct virtual desktops involves setting up different activities and
using the Activity Pager widget to switch between them.  Ideally, I
need a simple set of instructions on how to do that, written for the
user (me) to whom activities are a complete mystery.  I've searched,
but can't find anything close to that.  Does anybody know of a good
resource to help me?

[gentoo-user] Re: plasma 5 virtual desktops with different backgrounds and widgets

[»Q«]

On Sat, 9 Apr 2016 13:38:12 -0500
»Q« <boxcars@gmx.net> wrote:

[ plasma 5 ]
> AIUI now, the closest thing that can be done to get something like
> distinct virtual desktops involves setting up different activities and
> using the Activity Pager widget to switch between them.  Ideally, I
> need a simple set of instructions on how to do that, written for the
> user (me) to whom activities are a complete mystery.  I've searched,
> but can't find anything close to that.  Does anybody know of a good
> resource to help me?

Never mind about this.  I decided to just dig in and play around, since
in case I really messed up too badly I could just wipe out all my
settings and start over.  It's not hard to set up multiple activities,
but switching between them and moving windows between them can't be
made as convenient as things were with KDE 4.