Showing and Hiding Windows - sawfish Programming Manual

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8.8 Showing and Hiding Windows

Sawfish provides two low-level functions for withdrawing client windows from the display. These are used to implement both virtual workspaces (see Workspaces) and iconification (see Iconifying Windows).

— Function: hide-window window

Prevent object window from being displayed. See show-window.

— Function: show-window window

Ensure that window (if it has been mapped, and is within the screen boundary) is visible. See hide-window.

— Function: window-visible-p window

Returns t if object window has not been hidden by the hide-window function.