Re: Hiding minimized windows from Overview?

[Bob Gustafson <bobgus rcn com>]

On Sat, 2011-05-28 at 13:45 +0200, Holger Berndt wrote:
> On Fr, 27.05.2011 22:20, Cyril Arnaud wrote:
> 
> >> Any pointers on how I could hack mutter or the shell to make minimized
> >> windows not appear in the overview mode? 
> 
> The request is actually very similar to my own question about getting
> applications "out of the way" from a while ago:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/gnome-shell-list gnome org/msg03372.html
> 
> >Instead of changing the code (mutter or gnome shell) or even creating an
> >extension, I suggest you simply change your workflow.
> >Like you I have Evolution on 100% of the time.
> >I simply put it in another workspace. Usually what I do is starting
> >Evolution and Empathy on the first workspace, and I work (LibreOffice
> >mainly) on workspace 2, and I use the subsequent workspaces for other
> >applications (let say, Chromium, a terminal, Rhythmbox ...)
> 
> Nice to hear that this workaround works well for you. I don't think
> it's a good solution, though.
> 

With the old Gnome, I never used the extra workspaces (out of sight, out
of mind..). However, there are so many changes with the new G3 -
workspaces become a bit more attractive to cut down on the clutter and
confusion experienced in the first few days.

(I still don't have my printer working, and the SVN GUI doesn't seem to
work..)