RE: [gtkmm] Window questions

[Murray Cumming Comneon com]

> From: Paul Davis [mailto:paul linuxaudiosystems com] 
> >> i have apps that i never want to appear in the taskbar (whatever
> >> *that* is :). the apps can't know this, X11 can't know this -
> >> the only thing i can configure is the WM: "don't put foo in 
> >> the taskbar". how you go about doing that is WM specific.
> >
> >I suspect that it's in the freedesktop specification. And if 
> it isn't, 
> >and you want it, you should try to add it. There are mailing 
> lists for 
> >freedesktop.org.
> 
> i've checked 3 WM's: sawfish, metacity, icewm. in each case, 
> the method for a user to blacklist a certain wm_class from 
> the taskbar is related to its configuration file. it has 
> nothing to do with any freedesktop specification.

I see. I can't imagine any user wanting to even know what a wm_class is. I
am glad that GNOME allows me to be quite ignorant of X as a user, and gtkmm
allows me to be quite ignorant of X as a developer.

> what you may be referring to is a way for an application to 
> request that its window(s) be put or not put in the taskbar. 
> freedesktop does offer something to do this. 
> 
> i made the mistake of trying to answer the question from a 
> user-centric perspective, when it was more of a 
> programmer-centric question. "how do i keep windows out the 
> taskbar" is WM-specific when answered most generically, but 
> freedesktop provides a standard for new or updated apps to 
> take control of it themselves.

Yes.

Murray Cumming
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