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Re:You might not need tmux by foldr on Friday August 01, 2025 @07:02AM (#44755223)
Just don’t minimize the window. Removing a window from the alt-Tab list is basically the only reason to minimize it in the first place on Mac. (Not reflexively minimizing windows does take some time to get used to if you’re coming from Windows, admittedly.)
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Re:You might not need tmux by squigz on Friday August 01, 2025 @07:07AM (#44755256)
Macs must have some strange workflows that that's the only use for minimizing...

I regularly minimize some applications when I want to focus on others.

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Re:You might not need tmux by em-bee on Friday August 01, 2025 @08:45AM (#44755967)
you can use workspaces for that. for comparison, gnome on linux doesn't even support minimizing windows any more. you move windows/apps that you don't want to use right now to a different workspace.
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Re:You might not need tmux by wtallis on Friday August 01, 2025 @11:07AM (#44757918)
You can also hide an entire application rather than minimizing specific windows. It'll unhide when you switch back with cmd-tab.
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Re:You might not need tmux by hiroantag on Saturday August 02, 2025 @04:42AM (#44765810)
gnome does do minimization fine but it's in the tweak tools. probably the first thing I change setting up a new system
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Re:You might not need tmux by foldr on Friday August 01, 2025 @02:10PM (#44760334)
Minimization on Mac is essentially a legacy feature. There’s rarely any reason to use it.
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Re:You might not need tmux by layer8 on Friday August 01, 2025 @11:57AM (#44758670)
On Windows there are applications that minimize to the tray instead of remaining on the task bar. That’s my most common reason to minimize, so that it disappears from the task bar when not in use.
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