On Wed, Jan 15, 2003, Shoshannah Forbes wrote about "Looking for a WM that will...":
> .. allow me to group different documents from different applications 
> into a single object, which I would be able then to manipulate 
> directly, (a little like using a virtual paper clip).
> 
> Does anyone know by chance how to do such a thing?

I use virtual desktops, in the "ctwm" window manager.

It's not exactly what you asked for, but in my experience it is better.
The concept of virtual desktops is much more powerful, in my opinion than
the concept of icons (which I use for other things). Instead of iconizing
together a group of windows (like paper-clipping them), I instead move that
bunch of windows into a separate "virtual desktop".
Ctwm also includes a nice visual "panner", where you see tiny images of what
your virtual desktops contain (icluding even names of the windows, in tiny
font).

I Typically read mail on one desktop, have a mozilla open on another,
do work stuff on two more, and so on. I can switch from desktop to
desktop in a single key click (or mouse click). Some things (like clock,
ICQ, etc.) follow me to whatever virtual desktop I'm currently at.

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