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Re: xrooms and hidden windows

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From: Bill Mangione-Smith
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1990 18:32
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In article <JV.90Jan18113407@mhres.mh.nl> jv@mh.nl (Johan Vromans) writes:
>Wouldn't it be nice to have xrooms hide windows? I would like to
>create a room which has lots of associated windows in it (e.g. xload
>windows), and then hide them all -no windows NOR ICONS visible- when
>the room is closed. 
>
>The borders of my screen get a bit crowdy with icons these days.
>
>Johan
>--
>Johan Vromans				       jv@mh.nl via internet backbones
>Multihouse Automatisering bv		       uucp: ..!{uunet,hp4nl}!mh.nl!jv
>Doesburgweg 7, 2803 PL Gouda, The Netherlands  phone/fax: +31 1820 62944/62500
>------------------------ "Arms are made for hugging" -------------------------

No problem, this is exactly what I have set up.  Just run twm, tell it
not to use icons, and have the icon manager hidden.  

                                                                            





Bill Mangione-Smith
billms@dip.eecs.umich.edu







 
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