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(try 2) make X go away temporarily?

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From: Benson Margulies
Date: Fri, 01 May 1987 11:59
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Can X do what sun windows do with the overview command? That is,
temporarily salt the entire desktop state away, run a program that
wants to take complete control, and then restore afterwards?
Benson I. Margulies                         Kendall Square Research Corp.
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Subject: (try 2) make X go away temporarily?
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