Hide certain applications from launcher

I've also tried using Compiz's Windows Rules plugin, but it is rather difficult to get any "window" information from non-existent windows. I would have thought that the window that makes the app show up in the launcher would have the same window info as, say, that apps preferences window, but alas that is not true.
Also note that other indicators do not show up as icons in the launcher, such as Glippy and Indicator-Keylock.

Nice detailed explanation Rod!
Are you referring to applications that purely live as indicators in the panel and don't have a window currently opened? If yes then I
think this is a duplicate of bug 703396

Yes, I'm referring to apps that are only indicators with no windows. My
apologies for the bug report duplication.

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Florian Boucault <email address hidden>wrote:

> Nice detailed explanation Rod!
> Are you referring to applications that purely live as indicators in the
> panel and don't have a window currently opened? If yes then I
> think this is a duplicate of bug 703396
>
> ** Changed in: unity-2d
> Status: New => Incomplete
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> Title:
> Hide certain applications from launcher
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> Status in Unity 2D:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Users should be able to define certain applications that will not show
> up in the launcher. This is because certain applications, such as
> LookIt and Caffeine, show up as an icon in Unity, whereas they
> normally run as background processes/indicators.
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No problem at all Rod. Thanks for the answer.