Merge pull request #2564 from The-OpenROAD-Project-staging/gui-unminimize

Use minimize/unminimize instead of show

Author: maliberty

flow/Makefile

@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ define OPEN_GUI
 open_$(1):
 	$(2)=$(RESULTS_DIR)/$(1) $(OPENROAD_NO_EXIT_CMD) $(SCRIPTS_DIR)/open.tcl
 gui_$(1):
-	$$(UNSET_AND_MAKE) GUI_SHOW=1 open_$(1)
+	$(2)=$(RESULTS_DIR)/$(1) GUI_SHOW=1 $(OPENROAD_GUI_CMD) -minimize $(SCRIPTS_DIR)/open.tcl
 endef
 
 # Separate dependency checking and doing a step. This can

flow/scripts/open.tcl

@@ -66,5 +66,5 @@ fast_route
 if {[env_var_equals GUI_SHOW 1]} {
   # Show the GUI when it is ready; it is unresponsive(with modal requesters
   # saying it is unresponsive) until everything is loaded
-  gui::show
+  gui::unminimize
 }