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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: A question on terminology (fwd)
From:       Stefan van den Oord <s.m.vandenoord () student ! utwente ! nl>
Date:       1999-06-24 6:59:19
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On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Uwe Thiem wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Cristian Tibirna wrote:
> 
> [ Iconify vs. Minimize ]
> 
> That has been a long thread quite some time ago. Well, with Minimize
> I'd always think the window will be shrunken to its minimum size.
> Iconify isn't correct either because the window doesn't become an
> icon.

Exactly.

> Maybe this time we can find a correct expression for what happens:
> The window vanishes from the desktop; its representation in the
> task bar remains. How about
> Hide    ?

I think `hide' and `show' are very good words for what happens. Isn't
that what it's called on MacOS as well?

Stefan

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Stefan van den Oord
s.m.vandenoord@student.utwente.nl

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