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I can't believe that no-one-else NEEDS this too!

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  I can't believe that no-one-else NEEDS this too! Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2015-08-12 15:50 +0000
    Re: I can't believe that no-one-else NEEDS this too! Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2015-08-13 19:01 +0000
      Re: I can't believe that no-one-else NEEDS this too! Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2015-08-23 16:37 +0000
        Re: I can't believe that no-one-else NEEDS this too! Kees Theunissen <theuniss@rijnh.nl> - 2015-08-23 23:37 +0200
          Re: I can't believe that no-one-else NEEDS this too! no.top.post@gmail.com - 2015-09-10 09:04 +0000
        Re: I can't believe that no-one-else NEEDS this too! Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2015-08-24 19:37 +0000

#25352 — I can't believe that no-one-else NEEDS this too!

You've got 30 WorkSpaces open [from jobs accumulated over 3 weeks].
You need to umount and detach a USB from /dev/fat1.

`lsof | grep fat1 ` shows:
mc        21825  ...   /mnt/fat1/HG/partns.no/Legal
bash      21827  ...   /mnt/fat1/HG/partns.no/Legal

kde3 together with `pstree` was able to show which WorkSpace,
but apparently kde4 is made for the FB/twitter kiddies?

OTOH `blackbox` the *GOOD*  windowManager does show the
WorkSpace of the active one-of-two panels of each `mc`.
But not the inactive side -- which is still holding the USB.

`xwininfo` tells a lot, but doesn't seem to lead to showing the
WorkSpace-tree, which kde3+pstree gave; so that when the
target pid was seen to be in the same WS as some "prominent"
program, you'd found the WS.

Please boys, lets solve this problem!

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#25357

On 2015-08-12, Unknown <dog@gmail.com> wrote:
> You've got 30 WorkSpaces open [from jobs accumulated over 3 weeks].
> You need to umount and detach a USB from /dev/fat1.

All these years you've been asking about this, I thought you were using
multiple terminals.  You actually have thirty workspaces???  If so, I
can believe nobody else has this problem to the degree you do.
-- 
                                 Chick Tower

For e-mail:  aols2 DOT sent DOT towerboy AT xoxy DOT net

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#25389

On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 19:01:34 +0000, Chick Tower wrote:

> On 2015-08-12, Unknown <dog@gmail.com> wrote:
>> You've got 30 WorkSpaces open [from jobs accumulated over 3 weeks]. You
>> need to umount and detach a USB from /dev/fat1.
> 
> All these years you've been asking about this, I thought you were using
> multiple terminals.  You actually have thirty workspaces???  If so, I
> can believe nobody else has this problem to the degree you do.

Is it one of Parkinson's laws:<workspace expands to occupy full capacity>?

Also accusations of hoarding, come from people who just follow the herd,
living in the here-and-now: like the current FB/twitter wave.

If you were repairing physical-systems eg. "TV's in previous times",
you may have a dozen open-and-waiting-for-parts, at any time.....

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#25390

Unknown wrote:

> If you were repairing physical-systems eg. "TV's in previous times",
> you may have a dozen open-and-waiting-for-parts, at any time.....

But --while waiting for parts-- I would probably not keep a dozen of
TV receivers stored on my workbench.

Regards,

Kees.

-- 
Kees Theunissen

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#25489

In article <55da3d11$0$18581$e4fe514c@newszilla.xs4all.nl>, Kees Theunissen <theuniss@rijnh.nl> wrote: 

> Unknown wrote:
> 
> > If you were repairing physical-systems eg. "TV's in previous times",
> > you may have a dozen open-and-waiting-for-parts, at any time.....
> 
> But --while waiting for parts-- I would probably not keep a dozen of
> TV receivers stored on my workbench.
> 
Not on *YOUR* workbench.
But you would if you were operating 'commercially/flow-line-like,
you would need to think beyond the here-and-now.
Like the plantation-operator may need to keep his 'product' on
his 'workbench' for several years while waiting for the products to
'get ready'.

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#25405

On 2015-08-23, Unknown wrote:
> Is it one of Parkinson's laws:<workspace expands to occupy full capacity>?

Well, if you don't find a solution to your problem, perhaps you could
organize your workspaces to make things easier to find on your own.
With Fluxbox, you can actually name your workspaces, so maybe your
preferred window manager, Blackbox, has the same facility.  You could
name workspaces for the projects or research you're currently doing and
keep your work on the appropriate workspaces, cutting down the number of
programs you'd have to examine to find what you're looking for.  Of
course, that might not help much with the example you gave of unmounting
a USB drive, but it might help in other examples.

I appreciate you taking the time to explain why you like having so many
workspaces, rather than just replying with insults or snide comments.
-- 
                                 Chick Tower

For e-mail:  aols2 DOT sent DOT towerboy AT xoxy DOT net

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