A Window and Its Elastic Outline Now, stretch the window until it reaches the lower right corner of the root window as shown in Figure 28. When the elastic outline is the correct size, release the mouse button. The screen is redrawn with the window filling the outline. As you work, your screen can become cluttered with windows. Changing a few of those windows into icons allows you to tidy up a cluttered workspace.
Icons are small graphical images.
Programs executing in a minimized window continue to execute until they finish or halt because they require input from you. The Title Bar Minimize Button Step 2 - Press the Minimize Button Press the minimize button by clicking the select button. The window changes into an icon. Olvwm displays icons in a row along the bottom of the root window, starting on the left. Press and hold the select button.