/virgo

:virgo::computer::computer::computer::computer: Virtual desktops for Windows

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virgo

Virtual Desktop Manager for Windows

Download here

Features:

  • resource friendly, exe is <10kb on disk and uses <1mb memory while running
  • 4 virtual desktops (more if you change a constant and recompile the code)
  • shows only a tray icon with the number of the desktop you are on

Hotkeys:

    ALT + 1..4             -> changes to desktop 1..4
    CTRL + 1..4            -> moves active window to desktop 1..4
    ALT + CTRL + SHIFT + Q -> exits the program
    ALT + CTRL + SHIFT + S -> starts/stops handling of other hotkeys

the nerds can build it with

    git clone https://github.com/papplampe/virgo.git
    cd virgo
    make

If you do not have gcc/make installed you can change that doing following

  1. go to http://msys2.github.io/ and install it according to the instructions there
  2. open msys2 shell and install mingw-w64-i686-gcc and mingw-w64-i686-make using pacman
  3. duplicate C:\msys32\mingw32\bin\mingw32-make.exe and name it make.exe