Re: Want to exclude panel applet from window list

[NP <noopy org gmail com>]

Sorry to waste everybody's time with this question and figured it out
myself after all.  Just needed to review the clock applet source a few
more times.  Solution inline.

On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 9:28 AM, NP<noopy org gmail com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm writing a panel applet and when I run the applet, it leaves an
> icon that represents the process in the window list.
[snip]

This was accomplished with a call to gtk_window_set_type_hint(...) like so:

  gtk_window_set_type_hint (GTK_WINDOW(window), GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DOCK);

> This is not the behavior I'd prefer.  What I'm looking to mimic is what the clock
> applet does: clock applet runs, no process listed in window list or
> process table on system, right button can be used to close applet,
> etc.

As for the 'hidden' process, it's actually the case that the clock
module was compiled as a shlib and not an exe.  I implemented the same
in my code:

  // my_code.c
  PANEL_APPLET_BONOBO_SHLIB_FACTORY ("OAFIID:my_applet_Factory",
                     PANEL_TYPE_APPLET,
                     MY_PANEL_APPLET_DESC,
                     my_applet_factory,
                     NULL);

  // my Makefile
  PKG:=$(shell pkg-config --cflags --libs $(LIBS))

  shared:
      $(CC) $(PKG) -shared -o $(SHLIB) $(FILES)

-- 
NP