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3ddesk
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: June 2005
Index NAME
3ddesk - activates 3D-Desktop, a 3D desktop switcher.
SYNOPSIS
3ddesk [ OPTIONS ]
DESCRIPTION
3D Desktop is an OpenGL program for switching virtual desktops in aseamless 3-dimensional manner. The default "visualization" maps yourscreen onto an N-sided "carousel" which is rotated to select the nextscreen. When activated the current desktop appears to zoom out so as tomake your desktop appear to be actually in a 3d environment with yourother desktops.
OPTIONS
Activates the 3D Desktop. 3ddeskd daemon must be running.Where OPTIONS are:
- --view=xxx
- Uses the options from the view in 3ddesktop.conf
- --mode=xxx
- Sets the arrangement mode (one of carousel (default), cylinder, linear, viewmaster, priceisright, flip, or random).
- --acquire[=#]
- Grab images for all the desktops by cycling thru(sleep for x millisecs at each screen for refresh)
- --acquirecurrent
- Grab image for current desktop
- --nozoom
- Disable the zoom out
- --changespeed
- How fast the rotation or sliding of faces takes. Default is 40, must be between 1 and 300.
- --zoomspeed
- How fast it zooms in an out. Default is 45, must be between 1 and 300.
- --gotoright
- Goto the desktop to the right
- --gotoleft
- Goto the desktop to the left
- --gotoup
- Goto the desktop to the up
- --gotodown
- Goto the desktop to the down
- --goto=#
- Goto specified column (deprecated, use --gotocolumn)
- --gotocolumn=#
- Goto specified column
- --gotorow=#
- Goto specified row
- --dontexit
- Don't exit after a goto
- --stop
- Stop 3ddesktop (kill 3ddeskd daemon)
- --reload
- Force a reload of 3ddesktop.conf
- --noautofun
- Disable Fun Mode
- --revmousewheel
- Reverse the mousewheel
- --swapmousebuttons
- Swap left and right buttons on the mouse
- --altmousebuttons
- Use alternate mousebuttons scheme:Button 1 activates, 2 goes back and exits, 3 goes back, 6 goes left, 7 goes right.
- --version
- Output version information and exit
SETUP
3ddesk --acquire
This starts the 3ddeskd server and acquires an image of each of yourvirtual desktops. It will cycle through each desktop and return to yourcurrent.
USAGE
Bind a key combination to
/usr/bin/3ddesk and press the bound key.This will bring you into a 3d environment where you choose your nextdesktop. If the server hasn't been started it will try to start it.
FILES
/etc/3ddesktop/3ddesktop.conf
AUTHOR
Brad Wassonbard at wassonartistry.com
Index
- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- OPTIONS
- SETUP
- USAGE
- FILES
- AUTHOR
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