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From: sdl@linus.UUCP (Steven D. Litvintchouk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: wiconify, was 1.4 wish list
Message-ID: <48190@linus.UUCP>
Date: 6 Apr 89 02:30:54 GMT
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Organization: The MITRE Corp., Bedford, MA
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In-reply-to: perley@trub.steinmetz's message of 3 Apr 89 16:22:17 GMT


In article <13513@steinmetz.ge.com> perley@trub.steinmetz (Donald P Perley) writes:

> >2.	Add an 'iconify' gadget to CLI windows. I know there's at least one 
> >	PD one out there, but it stuffs the resulting icon into RAM:.... 
> >	I'd rather see it on the Workbench screen.	Double clicking on the
> >	icon would open the window back up.
> 
> Try the other one that's out there.  "wiconify" puts a window's icon on
> the workbench.  Double clicking reopens it.

There's also a third one.  Wicon (by Steven Sweeting) lets you either
have iconified windows act as windows, or stick to the Workench
backdrop like real icons.  What's really neat about Wicon is that once
installed, all your windows (on all screens) open and close with a
"rubberbanding" effect similar to windows on the Macintosh.  If you
like this effect (I do), an option is available to disable window
iconification, so you can use Wicon just to get the window
rubberbanding effect.  The only negative thing about Wicon is its
izarre method of invoking iconification (click the right mouse button
when inside the window).

Wicon is on Fred Fish disk # 154.


Steven Litvintchouk
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