[openbox] Skipping Windows in ALT-TAB Task List?

[Marc Wilson]

On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 01:40:22PM -0400, Adam Kessel wrote:
> Is it Openbox's job to keep track of which windows belong in the alt-tab
> cycle list?

Yes.

> Is there an easy way to specify which windows should be
> skipped when the programs themselves provide no such functionality?

A window needs to set a hint on itself in order not to be considered in
task lists and so on.

> E.g., gkrellm knows it shouldn't be in the alt-tab list, but xmms does
> not appear to have any way to specify that.

Xmms is historically not a good X citizen.  It does many things it's not
supposed to and doesn't do several things you'd expect it to.

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