Auto-hiding the applications bar

Wed Dec 5 21:44:54 UTC 2012

On 12/05/2012 02:25 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Wednesday 05 December 2012 16:19:46 JD did opine:
>
>> On 12/05/2012 01:59 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>> On Wednesday 05 December 2012 15:57:41 JD did opine:
>>>> On 12/05/2012 01:40 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>>>> On Wednesday 05 December 2012 15:36:56 JD did opine:
>>>>>> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;
>>>>>> charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
>>>>>> text="#000000"> <font size="+1"><font face="Console">Running
>>>>>> ubuntu 12.10 with latest updates.<br> How can I force the apps
>>>>>> menu bar on the left side of the screen t<font size="+1">o<br>
>>>>>> <font size="+1">go into auto-hide once the pointer is moved away
>>>>>> from it?<br> <br>
>>>>>> </font></font></font></font> </body> </html>
>>>>> There are many on this list who will ignore your pure html posts.
>>>>> Please put your copy of thunderbird into the text only mode and
>>>>> repost your questions.
>>>>>
>>>>> We also don't top post reply's here, but usually intersperse them so
>>>>> it reads like a normal conversation.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers, Gene
>>>> OK, here goes:
>>>>
>>>> Running ubuntu 12.10 with latest updates.
>>> Since this is an interface question, which gui are you using? gnome,
>>> kde, xfce etc etc.
>> Gnome!
>>
> That leaves me out then.  I have 2 boxes running my milling machine and
> lathe but that is 10.04.4 LTS, and the pager is always on it the toolbar
> across the bottom of the screen for that release.  I have just enough kde
> installed here to get kmail, on an otherwise identical install, so that's
> what I have here also.  Setup for 10 workspaces.
>
>>>> How can I force the apps menu bar on the left side of the screen to
>>>> go into auto-hide once the pointer is moved away from it?
> So obviously I will defer to the real gnome experts here, and there are
> several.
>
> Cheers, Gene
Thank you Gene ...
but I am surprised by the incredible quietness of this mailing
list. When I was on the fedora list, at least 100 messages per day,
except on weekends and holidays.

So which list do all the Ubuntu'ites hang out at?