On Tuesday 13 January 2009, Nicolas wrote: > Hello, > > >> Bug #149898 has been open for years in Debian BTS. This bug is a > >> request from someone who would like to hide the application icons. > > > > I'd say that is a feature request, not a bug. > > I'm sorry if you felt offended, entries in Debian BTS are called > "Bugs". I wrote "a request from someone who would like", it seems clear > enough that this is a wish, and not a non-working feature of > WindowMaker.
Relax. Nobody is offended. I just made an observation. While debian may classify it as it sees fit, it's a feature request, not a bug. > > >> Would it be a solution to ignore the no_appicon flag for dockapps? > >> It seems sensible to do so, > > > > Do you know of a way to differentiate between a dockapp and a > > non-dockapp? > > Dockapps are applications with withdrawn windows only (this is the > criterion used to deactivate the icon sharing for dockapps, see the > section of the NEWS file about release 0.80.0). If things were that simple. Unfortunately there are other reasons an application may have withdrawn windows than being a dock app. GNUstep used withdrawn windows for something as well if I recall correctly. The point is you already have the mechanism to accomplish what you want, only that is not automatic and you have to manually configure things, or use a collapsed clip. Unless there is a clear indication that something is a dock app (like a unique property set for it), there is no way you can automate it. The withdrawn window is not such a property, it's just something that all dockapps have, but that's not what defines them as dockapps and it's not unique to them. -- Dan -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
