Linux – way/ubuntu program to glue a bunch of program windows together into one window

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While developing, I like to keep a browser, and code editor open on the same screen. I'd like to find some way to join them and treat them as a single window, so they minimize together, and resize together, and have a movable divider between them.

Is there some sort of window-panel application that I can use to create a multi-program window?

Best Answer

Well, I don't have access to comments on this site yet; guess the points system is separate from stackoverflow.

Wanted to respond to OP's last comment. I really like xmonad. You can set it up to run within gnome, kde, etc. with extensions. Here are steps I took in gnome 2.28.2:

sudo yum install -y xmonad.x86_64
sudo yum install -y ghc-xmonad-contrib.x86_64
sudo yum install -y ghc-xmonad-contrib-devel.x86_64

Create a file ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs and put in:

import XMonad
import XMonad.Config.Gnome
main = xmonad gnomeConfig

Set the window manager:

gconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager xmonad
gconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/gnome/applications/window_manager/current xmonad

If you change your mind, you can run the above two commands, substituting xmonad with metacity to put it back as it was.

links:

xmonad in Gnome

xmonad in KDE

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