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Old 11-17-2005, 04:51 AM   #1
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Change workspace from command line

Does anybody know what command I use?
 
Old 11-17-2005, 06:01 AM   #2
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Can you give a little better description of what it is you want to do?
If you want to change into xwindow, type the command: startx or init 5 .
 
Old 11-18-2005, 05:25 PM   #3
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I mean within X I want to swap virtual desktops using the command line - like you would do with a pager.
 
Old 11-18-2005, 05:41 PM   #4
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I use a tool called wmctrl that can do this. You can find it here: http://sweb.cz/tripie/utils/wmctrl/
 
Old 11-18-2005, 06:02 PM   #5
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control-tab to page through the available desktops.

It's just a keyboard operation; no command-line involved.
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