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Operating Systems Linux Red Hat Maximizing X window without Window Switcher Post 302376121 by alexandicity on Tuesday 1st of December 2009 04:23:17 AM

12-01-2009

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Maximizing X window without Window Switcher

Hi everyone!

I have a strange situation. I'm running an NX remote Gnome desktop session. On the remote machine, there is a whole load of unsaved data in a window. A problem that I've been having with this NX session is that I can't load Gnome Applets, including the Window Switcher. So.. when I minimise something, I can't bring it back. So far, that's never been a problem, but now I minimised something I really needed.

Now, solving the "can't add Gnome Applets" is a problem I can solve in time (it's a known issue). But right now I'm looking for options to restore/maxmise my window so I can save my data! Most key-combos are not captured by the NX client, so I can't Alt-Tab or Alt-Ctrl-D, although other combinations may work?

So - is there any way I can unminimise a window, say, from the command line? Seems unlikely, but possible!

Is there any way to work in a windowing environment that doesn't have a Window Switcher Applet?

I can disconnect from the session and reconnect but can't reset my remote X session (or I'll lose my data :S).

Thanks!

---------- Post updated 12-01-09 at 09:23 AM ---------- Previous update was 11-30-09 at 10:05 PM ----------

Success! I remapped the alt-tab in the client VM Gnome to change Alt-Tab to Alt-A and used that, which wasn't grabbed by the host.

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NAME

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Basic Commands
       Following  are some of the most common commands and their default key bindings. Not all commands are listed here. For a comprehensive list-
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Movement
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Editor Control
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       Ctrl-W Close current buffer

       Ctrl-N Create new empty buffer

       Alt-Shift-T
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Clipboard
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Searching
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