From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DB4259CAF for ; Sun, 10 Apr 2016 07:07:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6DD7221C061; Sun, 10 Apr 2016 07:07:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2867021C015 for ; Sun, 10 Apr 2016 07:07:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ap9So-0005bN-KQ for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 10 Apr 2016 09:07:18 +0200 Received: from 108-248-189-27.lightspeed.clmasc.sbcglobal.net ([108.248.189.27]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 10 Apr 2016 09:07:18 +0200 Received: from boxcars by 108-248-189-27.lightspeed.clmasc.sbcglobal.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 10 Apr 2016 09:07:18 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: =?UTF-8?B?wrtRwqs=?= Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: plasma 5 virtual desktops with different backgrounds and widgets Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2016 02:05:57 -0500 Organization: none Message-ID: <20160410020557.05232f7b@sepulchrave.remarqs> References: <20160409133812.4241cc16@sepulchrave.remarqs> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 108-248-189-27.lightspeed.clmasc.sbcglobal.net X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.13.2 (GTK+ 2.24.29; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Archives-Salt: d31797a8-cbc1-4453-85f7-a2459cfdec66 X-Archives-Hash: 34ff4e3318779b49d73f2fc3c09ab446 On Sat, 9 Apr 2016 13:38:12 -0500 »Q« 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.