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        Tiled Windows

        The Window BOSS fully supports the concept of tiled or
        overlapping windows.  That is to say that you can have several
        windows on the screen at the same time and freely access any one
        of them without having to be concerned with the order in which
        they were opened or whether or not any other windows overlap the
        one you wish to access.  The Window BOSS employs the "most
        recently used is active" concept.  This concept is based on the
        following:

             . The last window referenced is the current active
               window.

             . The current active window is always the top window
               tile.

        For example, let us assume that you have opened three overlapping
        windows in the following order; w1, w2, w3. w3 is considered to
        be the top window tile because it was the last window referenced.
        If you now reference, or explicitly activate, w2 The Window BOSS
        will automatically adjust the screen image to insure that w2 is
        now the top window tile with w3 and w1 being partially hidden by
        w2.

                  Before                   After

                  +----------+             +----------+
                  |  W1      |             |W1       |
                  |  +----------+          |  +----------+
                  |  | W2       |          |  | W2       |
                  |  |  +------------+     |  |          |----+
                  |  |  | W3         |     |  |          | W3 |
                  |  |  |            |     |  |          |    |
                  |  |  +------------+     |  |          |----+
                  |  |          |          |  |          |
                  |  +----------+          |  +----------+
                  |          |             |          |
                  +----------+             +----------+

        It is extremely important to keep in mind that The Window BOSS
        will automatically activate (bring to the top) the window being
        referenced.  Keep your screen layouts attractive and uncluttered.
        This  will  minimize window thrashing which is both annoying  and
        time consuming.

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