Variable: ediff-prefer-iconified-control-frame

ediff-prefer-iconified-control-frame is a customizable variable defined in ediff-wind.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

If t, keep control panel iconified when help message is off.

This has effect only on a windowing system. If t, hitting ? to toggle control panel off iconifies it.

This is only useful for certain kinds of window managers, such as TWM and its derivatives, since the window manager must permit keyboard input to go into icons.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/vc/ediff-wind.el.gz
(defcustom ediff-prefer-iconified-control-frame nil
  "If t, keep control panel iconified when help message is off.
This has effect only on a windowing system.
If t, hitting `?' to toggle control panel off iconifies it.

This is only useful for certain kinds of window managers, such as
TWM and its derivatives, since the window manager must permit
keyboard input to go into icons."
  :type 'boolean)