What is Comp-Scale?
Comp-Scale is an Enlightenment module that uses compositing features to allow you to switch between active windows and your current virtual workspace in a fancy method.
Installing Comp-Scale:
If you are using Bodhi Linux comp-scale is installed by default on your system. If you are using a different base system I advise building the latest comp-scale module from the E SVN.
Loading Comp-Scale:
If you installed the module correctly you can now go to Settings->Modules->Look and load Comp-Scale:
Setting Up Comp-Scale:
There are two different methods of settings up Comp-Scale. First you can simply add click-able gadgets (Settings->Gadgets) to your desktop or shelf:
Or you can setup key bindings:
What does Comp-Scale Look Like?
The first gadget - Scale Windows - gives you a composited view of all the windows on your active work space:
The second gadget - Scale all Windows - displays all open applications running across all your work spaces:
Finally, the third gadget - Scale Pager - triggers an overview of all your virtual work spaces:
Closing:
Short Enlightenment tutorials are something I hope to start doing on a regular basis. The Enlightenment desktop is extremely flexible and there are a great number of things you can do with it. Personally I learned everything I did about the desktop largely by following the IT flow chart and I advise everyone else interested in learning the desktop to do the same. The Bodhi Guide to Enlightenment is also a great resource for learning the E17 desktop.
If there is something you are interested in learning how to do, drop a comment below and hopefully I can address it in a future post
~Jeff Hoogland
Awesome!
ReplyDeleteits one of those wow effects that gets em every time and it make navigating windows insanely fast I second that Awesome!
ReplyDeleteVery nice.
ReplyDeleteIT flowchart is also very useful ;)
ReplyDeleteLooks like it's time for me to set up an e17 desktop and give it another try...
ReplyDeleteAwesome - as soon as I have updated to 1.3 I am going to install this!
ReplyDeleteWhat I would love to see is an Idiots Guide to Getting your Asus N13 (linux compatible) wireless USB to work with Bodhi...
I have a few web pages open, but none of them explain it in the terms a simpleton would understand (e.g. start terminal, type sudo make etc etc, unpack files to this directory etc etc).
:)
Send me the hardware in the mail and I'll write the easy howto for it ;)
ReplyDeleteGreat, now how to I get my 17inch multi touch N-Trig to convert gestures to key commands? :) I guess the real question is will Bodhi 2 include utouch, geis, grail, and ginn support without Ubuntu's bass-akwards default gestures? And before you ask I will not be shipping my favorite laptop to your house for 'testing purposes'.
ReplyDeletesmallblack - check out easystroke for converting gestures to key commands.
ReplyDeleteAs for utouch - adding all of that requires a giant backporting. With Bodhi 2.0.0 being based on 12.04 only 6 months away, users are just going to have to wait for that release to gain utouch.
I love the scale windows module! Takes me back to compiz but without the Unity and other stuff. It even works on my 8-9 year old desktop!
ReplyDeleteThe tutorials is a good idea, I think so hopefully it works out well.
Yet another nice guideline :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Jeff.