On 18 Mar 2004 05:15:27 -0500, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:

>  I don't understand what's this "alt-tab annoyance" of yours.

Well, if I open the GIMP and have three images open, then some
palettes - toolbox, layers, colors, tool options, brushes, etc. All of
them appear in the alt-tab pop-up and clutter it immensely because you
have to dig through it to find some other application you might need.
If it had a common root window/workspace, or is running in a nested X
server as I do it, all I get is a single icon which is The GIMP. Makes
much more sense to me that way.

>  If you have tons of windows in your root window and you don't like
>focusing them by clicking, you will have to browse through them
>anyways (in applications with a "root window" usually you do this
>with ctrl-tab).

But they don't get in the way when I alt-tab to switch applications.

>How is this different from using Gimp in a virtual desktop?
>I really don't get it.

The shortcut for switching desktops (if you have them at all - I
don't) is different, and alt-tab will still display all icons in all
desktops.

>If I want to switch to another different application, I just switch to
>the virtual desktop where that application is in.

That's another way to do it, I agree. In the original post I suggested
my way for those who haven't found another one. In any case both are
hacks to make up for IMHO poor GUI design, but that's a totally
different story altogether. I was just happy that I am finally able to
actually use The GIMP and wanted to share.


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