Sawfish workspace customisation

[email]theoryboy@my-deja.com[/email] (Peter Saffrey) writes:
[color=blue]
> Hello all,
>
> I am running Sawfish with Gnome on a Debian 3 release. I would like 9
> virtual desktops, arranged in a 3-by-3 grid indexed by my keypad -
> when I press "7" on the keypad, I jump to the top left desktop. When I
> press "5" I jump to the centre, etc. Call me old-fashioned, but I've
> had it this way since fvwm2 in around 1998 and it works very well for
> me.
>
> The Sawfish configurator tool allows me to do one of two things:
> either have 9 desktops in a line (I want them in a grid) or have
> several grids of workspaces - I don't seem to be allowed to have 1 3x3
> grid: I have to have at least 2. What's that all about? In addition,
> with this "multiple grid" setup, if I bind a key to moving to the next
> desktop, it moves me to the next grid, and I have to select the
> desktops within the grid using the mouse.
>
> In addition, there does not seem to be any option to bind a key to a
> specific desktop. Any ideas?[/color]

I have this in my ~/.sawfishrc:

(setq viewport-dimensions '(3 . 2))
(custom-set-keymap (quote global-keymap)
(quote (keymap
((activate-viewport 1 1) . "H-q")
((activate-viewport 2 1) . "H-w")
((activate-viewport 3 1) . "H-e")
((activate-viewport 1 2) . "H-a")
((activate-viewport 2 2) . "H-s")
((activate-viewport 3 2) . "H-d"))))

Change the key bindings to whatever you prefer.

The configuration tool only presents the most common options, and with
each release they seem to become fewer.

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Måns Rullgård
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