Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP1 - GNOME 23-05-2007, Manual

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Unfolding the Cube
Press Ctrl+Alt+Down-arrow to unfold the desktop cube, opening a panoramic view of all your
desktops. Your desktop cube is laid out like a filmstrip on your screen. You can use the Left-arrow
and Right-arrow to select a different screen. This is similar to the switcher feature (Alt+Tab), but lets
you view a thumbnail of your entire desktop instead of only your active windows.
Figure 2-19
Panoramic View of All Desktop Cubes
Displaying a Skydome Image Behind the Cube
You can add background wallpaper (also known as a skydome image) that is visible when you rotate
or unfold the desktop cube.
1 Click Computer > More Applications > System > GNOME Configuration Editor, or press
Alt+F2 and enter
gconf-editor
.
2 Navigate to the
apps/compiz/plugins/cube/screen0/options
registry folder.
3 Scroll down the list on the right side of the Configuration Editor and select skydome .
4 Double-click skydome_image , then specify the path to the skydome image you want to display
behind the cube.
Skydome images must be in
.png
format. The suggested image sizes for skydome images are
1024 x 1024, 1024 x 2048, 1024 x 4096, 2048 x 1024, 2048 x 2048, 2048 x 4096, 4096 x 1024,
4096 x 2048, and 4096 x 4096.
5
(Optional) Select skydome_animated to make it look like you are moving around the cube
when you use your mouse to rotate the cube.