I haven't tried them (just found out about them now), and I know it's not exactly what you're looking for, but there are WMs that allow you to have nesting virt

I haven't tried them (just found out about them now), and I know it's not exactly what you're looking for, but there are WMs that allow you to have nesting virtual workspaces. It could be an approximation. http://common-lisp.net/project/clfswm/ http://common-lisp.net/project/clfswm/ http://treewm.sourceforge.net/ http://treewm.sourceforge.net/