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workspace names (very minor topic)

#1 Post by Jerry3904 »

I'm looking for a different way to name MXFB workspaces besides the uninspiring one we have had forever (W-1, W-2).

--I tried to use unicode for circled numbers
u2461, u2462, etc.
but just get the code
--I sort of like this:
#1, #2, etc.
thoughI'm not sure that it would work for non-English speakers

Anybody have ideas?
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Alpha, Beta, Gamma, etc?
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I II III IV? :D

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1 2 3 4 ?
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I played around using font-awesome glyphs a while ago

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#6 Post by Jerry3904 »

That's very neat, as long as the user doesn't change to more than 2. But I do wonder whether it might similar enuf to a folder that it function would be unclear.

Thanks for the suggestions, people. I'm still leaning myself to the "#1" idea, where the series number's role would be obvious.
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Jerry3904 wrote: Tue May 27, 2025 6:38 am I'm looking for a different way to name MXFB workspaces besides the uninspiring one we have had forever (W-1, W-2).
I've always changed mine to the spelling of the names.

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session.screen0.workspaceNames:	One, Two, Three, Four,
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#8 Post by Adrian »

siamhie wrote: Tue May 27, 2025 9:48 am
Jerry3904 wrote: Tue May 27, 2025 6:38 am I'm looking for a different way to name MXFB workspaces besides the uninspiring one we have had forever (W-1, W-2).
I've always changed mine to the spelling of the names.

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session.screen0.workspaceNames:	One, Two, Three, Four,
Problem with this is localization, it would need to be translated in many languages...

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#9 Post by siamhie »

Adrian wrote: Tue May 27, 2025 10:03 am
siamhie wrote: Tue May 27, 2025 9:48 am
Jerry3904 wrote: Tue May 27, 2025 6:38 am I'm looking for a different way to name MXFB workspaces besides the uninspiring one we have had forever (W-1, W-2).
I've always changed mine to the spelling of the names.

Code: Select all

session.screen0.workspaceNames:	One, Two, Three, Four,
Problem with this is localization, it would need to be translated in many languages...
Then the simplest way would be just numbers and no names of any sort.

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session.screen0.workspaceNames:	1, 2, 3, 4, 
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#10 Post by Jerry3904 »

siamhie wrote: Tue May 27, 2025 10:56 am Then the simplest way would be just numbers and no names of any sort.

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session.screen0.workspaceNames:	1, 2, 3, 4, 
Which looks pretty bare all by itself--and it's not clear that is naming and not counting--which I why I'm leaning toward "#1" instead where that distinction is clear.
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