https://community.kde.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=TuringTest&feedformat=atomKDE Community Wiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T22:55:00ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.40.2https://community.kde.org/index.php?title=Plasma/Multiscreen&diff=5078Plasma/Multiscreen2010-09-14T13:53:06Z<p>TuringTest: /* Use cases */</p>
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<div>without the ZUI, we need an alternate way to access the containments of screens that aren't connected...<br />
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the latest plan:<br />
* when PVD is deactivated, we offer to purge the unused containments (but, in user-speak of course). other than that, we ignore PVD, because a virtual desktop can always be readded (whereas a screen may be physically unavailable).<br />
* the activity manager UI will use thumbnails generated from the view (look at the code in kdelibs/plasma/animations/widgetsnapshot.cpp to see <br />
how to do this). hopefully we can save these thumbnails out when closing an activity..<br />
* when the current activity has >1 screen, it'll have a thumbnail for each screen. you can click to bring a containment to the current screen, and there'll be delete buttons for ones not in use.<br />
* when a screen is detached its containment is left running as it is now; the performance impact of this should be negligible.<br />
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== Use cases ==<br />
These are some use cases for multiscreen management of activities. They are paraphrased from conversations at plasma-devel.<br />
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* Jerry: "I usually use two screens, but pulled one screen off my desktop to use for a separate machine for longer-than-short-term. Now my main desktop has one screen, with the panel on it. I want to see in my only screen what was available in the removed screen".<br />
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* Chuk: "I'm working at the office with my laptop attached to a desktop monitor, with a 'Working' activity. I unplug the external monitor and take the laptop home where I use a 'Leisure' activity. Then I remember there was one important note in my office my monitor, and I need to read it in my laptop."<br />
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* Bugged Boy #1: "I have set a wallpaper with some plasmoids in my laptop, but every time I plug an external monitor KDE moves them to the monitor. I want to tell KDE to keep those plasmoids and wallpaper in the laptop."<br />
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* Bugged Boy #2: "I tried to set up a different wallpaper at each virtual desktop, but I didn't like it and disabled this feature. Now my system is slow, and someone on irc told me it's because all those other desktops are still running. I don't want to remove by hand all those extra desktops, the 'disable' button should have removed them."</div>TuringTesthttps://community.kde.org/index.php?title=Plasma/Multiscreen&diff=5076Plasma/Multiscreen2010-09-14T13:24:37Z<p>TuringTest: /* Use cases */</p>
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<div>without the ZUI, we need an alternate way to access the containments of screens that aren't connected...<br />
<br />
the latest plan:<br />
* when PVD is deactivated, we offer to purge the unused containments (but, in user-speak of course). other than that, we ignore PVD, because a virtual desktop can always be readded (whereas a screen may be physically unavailable).<br />
* the activity manager UI will use thumbnails generated from the view (look at the code in kdelibs/plasma/animations/widgetsnapshot.cpp to see <br />
how to do this). hopefully we can save these thumbnails out when closing an activity..<br />
* when the current activity has >1 screen, it'll have a thumbnail for each screen. you can click to bring a containment to the current screen, and there'll be delete buttons for ones not in use.<br />
* when a screen is detached its containment is left running as it is now; the performance impact of this should be negligible.<br />
<br />
== Use cases ==<br />
These are some use cases for multiscreen management of activities. They are paraphrased from conversations at plasma-devel.<br />
<br />
* Jerry: "I usually use two screens, but pulled one screen off my desktop to use for a separate machine for longer-than-short-term. Now my main desktop has one screen, with the panel on it. I want to see in my only screen what was available in the removed screen".<br />
<br />
* Chuk: "I'm working at the office with my laptop attached to a desktop monitor, with a 'Working' activity. I unplug the external monitor and take the laptop home where I use a 'Leisure' activity. Then I remember there was one note when I was using my monitor, and I need to read it in my laptop."<br />
<br />
* Bugged Boy #1: "I have set a wallpaper with some plasmoids in my laptop, but every time I plug an external monitor KDE moves them to the monitor. I want to tell KDE to keep those plasmoids and wallpaper in the laptop."<br />
<br />
* Bugged Boy #2: "I tried to set up a different wallpaper at each virtual desktop, but I didn't like it and disabled this feature. Now my system is slow, and someone on irc told me it's because all those other desktops are still running. I don't want to remove by hand all those extra desktops, the 'disable' button should have removed them."</div>TuringTesthttps://community.kde.org/index.php?title=Plasma/Multiscreen&diff=5075Plasma/Multiscreen2010-09-14T13:23:58Z<p>TuringTest: Use cases from plasma-devel "multiscreen-management" thread</p>
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<div>without the ZUI, we need an alternate way to access the containments of screens that aren't connected...<br />
<br />
the latest plan:<br />
* when PVD is deactivated, we offer to purge the unused containments (but, in user-speak of course). other than that, we ignore PVD, because a virtual desktop can always be readded (whereas a screen may be physically unavailable).<br />
* the activity manager UI will use thumbnails generated from the view (look at the code in kdelibs/plasma/animations/widgetsnapshot.cpp to see <br />
how to do this). hopefully we can save these thumbnails out when closing an activity..<br />
* when the current activity has >1 screen, it'll have a thumbnail for each screen. you can click to bring a containment to the current screen, and there'll be delete buttons for ones not in use.<br />
* when a screen is detached its containment is left running as it is now; the performance impact of this should be negligible.<br />
<br />
== Use cases ==<br />
These are some use cases for multiscreen management of activities. They are paraphrased from conversations at plasma-devel.<br />
<br />
* Jerry: "I usually use two screens, but pulled one screen off my desktop to use for a separate machine for longer-than-short-term. Now my main desktop has one screen, with the panel on it. I want to see in my only screen what was available in the removed screen".<br />
<br />
* Chuk: "I'm working at the office with my laptop attached to a desktop monitor, with a 'Working' activity. I unplug the external monitor and take the laptop home where I use a 'Leisure' activity. Then I remember there was one note when I was using my monitor, and I need to read it in my laptop."<br />
<br />
* Bugged man #1: "I have set a wallpaper with some plasmoids in my laptop, but every time I plug an external monitor KDE moves them to the monitor. I want to tell KDE to keep those plasmoids and wallpaper in the laptop."<br />
<br />
* Bugged man #2: "I tried to set up a different wallpaper at each virtual desktop, but I didn't like it and disabled this feature. Now my system is slow, and someone on irc told me it's because all those other desktops are still running. I don't want to remove by hand all those extra desktops, the 'disable' button should have removed them."</div>TuringTest