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Re: minimize emacs
I'll poke around and see if I can find the answer, Harold.
Harold L Hunt II <huntharo@msu.edu> writes:
> Jason,
>
> I think this means that we have to trap a window manager
> message/hint/whatever that tells us that an application is requesting
> to be minimized. It is up to our internal window manager to then
> perform the minimization and report that to the app that the
> minimization has been performed.
>
> Can anyone find some information about how this is implemented? It
> sounds fairly simple, so a quick example from somewhere could probably
> help me get it done quickly.
>
> Harold
>
> Jason Dufair wrote:
>
>> Andrew DeFaria <ADeFaria@Salira.com> writes:
>>
>>>I wouldn't call it a fix, rather a default configuration. I think you
>>>can put the following in your .emacs file:
>>>
>>>(global-set-key "\C-z" 'suspend-emacs-or-iconify-fram)
>> I don't seem to have a 'suspend-emacs-or-iconify-frame. When I call
>> 'suspend-emacs, I get "Suspending an emacs running under X makes no
>> sense". Thanks for the suggestion. C-z does work under Linux for me,
>> but no luck here. C-z does have the effect of making the cursor hollow,
>> however. I suspect whatever tricks are being done with -multiwindow
>> prevent iconify from behaving correctly. Thanks for checking into it.
>>
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