[Novalug] Weird one : can't display open gnome-terminal

[Beartooth]

On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, Matt Thompson wrote:

> The heavens stretched forth and Beartooth decreed the following 
> on or about 11/05/2007 12:59 PM:
>>
>>     On one machine, that thing that shows you, for each 
>> workspace, what is running on it (displayed or not) is missing 
>> from the panel; I don't know its name, or I'd add it back.
>
> In Gnome this is the "workspace switcher".  It's called a pager 
> in some other DEs.
>
>>     On that machine, I minimized my gnome terminal, thinking 
>> it would still show *something* on the panel from which I 
>> could restore it. It doesn't -- although the F7 System Monitor 
>> does show it still running.
>>
>>     How do I get the fool terminal back where I can use it??
>
> This sounds like the panel isn't running the "window list" 
> (taskbar ala Windows) or the "window selector" (an iconified 
> version of the list). Try adding it to the panel (right click, 
> etc.)

 	Turned out to be the Window Selector. (I added both.) It 
doesn't look the same, but it seems to do the same thing. Many 
many thanks!

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