[openbox] Do I NEED an external panel app?

[Dugan Chen]

>>>The "desktops" menu doesn't show minimized windows, and alt-tab doesn't 
>>>take me to them.
>>
>>eek they do!
>
>I just tested this with Beta 2. If I minimze a window when I'm not running 
>a panel, then the window completely disappears. It does not appear in the 
>desktops menu or when I try to alt-tab to it.

I just tested this some more. The only time I can get the behavior you 
describe (with minimized icons appearing in both the desktops menu and in 
alt-tab) is when I'm running an external app (kicker, gnome-panel, 
rox-filer, fbpanel...) that handles minimized windows.

If I were to start up Openbox and nothing else, then start an xterm, then 
minimize that xterm, then the xterm would not appear in the desktops menu 
and I would not be able to alt-tab to it.

Not a problem. I'll just load gnome-panel each time I start Openbox.

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