mapping of minimized windows

[Florian Martys]

Hi,

Why I am here:
I'm new to the mailing list, so please excuse potential naivety. I
filed a bugreport against xorg package in Ubuntu on Launchpad* and
have been told that the problem is upstream and I have to ask the xorg
team in their mailing list, here I am.

What I am here for:
I am using standard Ubuntu desktop (10.04) with Desktop effects
(Compiz Fusion). First, when using ALT-TAB to switch between windows I
can only see an icons instead of window previews when toggling over
minimized windows (bugreport**). Second, when using the Scale
plugin*** (WIN-key aka SUPER+A or W; extra desktop effects have to be
enabled), which is similar to the Exposé effect on Mac OS X, I can
only see windows that are avitve (i.e. not minimized), there is not
even an icon replacing the missing running application that are
minimized, minimized applications/windows don't even show up.

As I understand this is not a bug, but more or less by design, because
minimized windows are not mapped anymore. However it is a usability
bug when using ALT-TAB or the Scale Plugin with the Desktop Effects.

Thanks in advance for any replies,
Florian

* https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/566896
** https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/402821
*** http://wiki.compiz.org/Plugins/Scale