how to make programs dock with closed

[darkfena313]

Andrew Farris wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 17:59 +0300, Haneef Bashir wrote:
>   
>> i am using jaunty. they are some programs that used to dock when
>> closed out that dont anymore (like pidgin and transmission), and some
>> that i want to do so. i tried to find the application to do so without
>> prevail can anyone point me in the right direction? thank in advance
>>     
>
> for pidgin, from the buddy list go to "Tools > Preferences | Interface
> Tab > System Tray Icon" select the mode which suits you (probably
> "always show icon")
>
> Likewise, for transmission go to "Edit > Preferences | Desktop Tab >
> Show transmission in the system tray". There you go!
>
>
>   
ok thanks a lot for the help. you wouldn't happen to know how to dock
Thunderbird, would you?