Dynamic desktop workspaces
Posted on by Andrew Gallant: BurntSushi
Do you have dynamic workspaces in your window manager?
You might be wondering: what in the world are dynamic workspaces? A dynamic workspace model allows one to add, remove or rename workspaces on the fly. Comparatively, in a typical window manager (or desktop environment) configuration, you tell the window manager to have x number of workspaces. When you start your window manager, you’ll have x workspaces, and you can typically cycle between them using some variation of “next workspace” or “previous workspace” commands. The disadvantage with this model is that it’s difficult to have a large number of workspaces—else you might forget which window is on each workspace.