Re: Leaving some apps out of task list on pager?

[Michael ROGERS <M Rogers cs ucl ac uk>]

>: Is it possible with GNOME/Enlightenment to have some applications
>: not show up on the gnome pager's task list?  Basically I don't
>: want to have xbiffs show up.

There is a Gnome-specific window hint which applications can set, if 
they don't want to be included in the window list the window manager 
produces (which is used e.g. by the pager). I guess you could modify xbiff to
set this hint if nothing else works. 

>I think it's currently possible via your window manager 
>configuration, but I also think it's a great wishlist item for the 
>pager. The pager is where people are going to look when they don't 
>understand the window manager/pager applet distinction. I was just 
>thinking about this last night. I imagine two methods:>
>(1) Right-clicking a task includes a "Don't list this task"
>    option. The general properties dialog would have a button for
>    restoring all tasks hidden by this method.
>(b) For "power users" the properties dialog allows you to define
>    regexes of window titles you don't want listed.

To me this makes more sense than applications having to ask not to be 
listed. It's compatible with pre-Gnome apps and it leaves the 
decision in the hands of the user, not the programmer.


 - Michael Rogers