Not showing things in the taskbar

[Gina Haeussge]

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Hello,

houghi wrote:
> I have several things running on my screen that are there mainly for 
> decorational purposes. I however to NOT want them to show on the
> taskbar or if I press the missle mouse button. e.g. I have wmbiff
> running 4 times (as stick also) This means a button on the taskbar
> and also 16( 4x4) times wmbiff when I middle click. Other examples
> are several `tail -f` I have running.

and in another mail:
> How can I launch a program on a certain desktop? When I log out and
> log in again the programs loose their previous desktop. Bit
> frustration when you have 20+ programs running all the time. Perhaps
> related. How can I launch a program in the 'stick' mode?

You might want to take a look at Devil's Pie [1]. It is a small tool
taking care of such things. I must warn you though, the documentation is
a bit sparse at the moment, as the tool was completely rewritten some
versions ago, and the new syntax of the configuration has yet to be
documented. I found out everything I needed taking a look at the source
though.

HTH
  Gina

[1] : http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/devilspie
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