Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!lll-tis!aftac.tis.llnl.gov!carlson From: carlson@aftac.tis.llnl.gov (John Carlson) Newsgroups: comp.windows.news Subject: Real network windowing (was: losing battle) Message-ID: <22314@tis.llnl.gov> Date: 8 Jul 88 18:54:03 GMT References:<10250002@hpfclp.SDE.HP.COM> <17127@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <4777@vdsvax.steinmetz.ge.com> Sender: news@tis.llnl.gov Reply-To: carlson@aftac.tis.llnl.gov (John Carlson) Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore CA Lines: 13 In article <4777@vdsvax.steinmetz.ge.com> barnett@steinmetz.ge.com (Bruce G. Barnett) writes: >2). I often work on several projects at once. With all of the > interruptions I get, I would like to take the current window > environment, and shrink the entire window to a smaller size and > free up my screen for a new environment. When I want to switch > back to the original environment, I would click on the miniature > screen, which would change place with the current screen. This is > something like the Picture in a Picture (PIP) feature of the new TV's. Amen! In addition, these environments should be a network resource, so I can open up the same environment on another workstation. John Carlson