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jonjoe

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Registered: 2010-11-25

Posts: 2

real desktop cube

I want my desktop be a real cube, not like the ubuntu compiz cube which don't have top nor bottom. I want to move around my cube both up/down and left/right. The problem is I want this in openbox
any ideas how this can be done?

Ps: I don't really care about effects, I just want the cube

thestinger

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From: Toronto, Canada

Registered: 2010-01-23

Posts: 478

Re: real desktop cube

cairo-compmgr doesn't have 3d support yet, so your only choice is compiz (and yes, you can have a "real" cube with a top/bottom, you just have to use the mouse to control it, not the keyboard bindings)

Last edited by thestinger (2010-11-25 22:05:57)

dyscoria

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Registered: 2008-01-10

Posts: 1,007

Re: real desktop cube

Yeh compiz has had top/bottom of the cube for ages. I don't think you can put desktops onto the top and bottom though (not that I've used compiz in a long time).

See the first sentence here for whether it can be used in openbox: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Compiz

Last edited by dyscoria (2010-11-25 22:08:39)

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Teho

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Registered: 2010-01-30

Posts: 200

Re: real desktop cube

Well it's kinda hard to make a visual cube with desktop on top&bottom when monitors have 16:9 aspect ratio. It would require stretching which would make it look horrible.

jonjoe

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Registered: 2010-11-25

Posts: 2

Re: real desktop cube

I'm thinking about a using scripts for pseudo-cube, binding C-A-up and C-A-down to scripts which changes my desktop depending on where I'm. Does anybody knows how can change the desktop of openbox from cli? should use an external pager?

Last edited by jonjoe (2010-11-26 07:51:34)