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On 12/2/05, Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com> wrote:
> > * Virtual desktops... [rio sessions help but really don't quite get it =
for me].
>
> You should be able to use the interface that rio
> already provides to write a little program to do
> virtual desktops.  Winwatch shows almost everything
> you need to worry about.  To switch desktops just
> hide all the windows on the current desktop and
> unhide the ones on the new desktop.

I guess I need to read up on winwatch.

As usual Plan 9 already meets or exceeds expectations in an area where
I thought I was going to be able to spend some time contributing :)

Perhaps I can write a HOWTO virtual desktops after playing with this a
bit and submit it for the wiki page.

Dave
>
> Russ
>