On Sunday 23 March 2003 11:11, Daniel Jensen wrote: > peter hodgson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > i'll read up on window maker, soon, honest! but in the meantime, how > > do i get a menu bar along the bottom of the x screen which tells me > > what windows are active, and lets me call them to the front; as it is > > now, i have to minimize everything and click on one of the big squares > > [and all the xterms look alike]; > > Look at the dock. Icons with three little dots on them are > launchers. When you click them, programs launch and the dots > disappear. Now they are task switchers. Click on an icon to switch to > the corresponding window. When you close a window, the dots will > appear again. > > Also, programs not on the dock will have an icon (normally along the > bottom of the screen) which works like a switcher. You can drag those > icons to the dock if you want to be able to launch those programs > later.
Further it is possible to set a window border of a few pixels so that with maximized apps you'll still be able to watch the icons. Also clicking the middle mouse button on some part of the desktop gives you a list of running apps. Paul -- Paul de Vrieze Researcher Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net
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