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Subject: more questions on keyboard focus
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Date: 8 Aug 89 19:06:17 GMT
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>>       If I accomplish this by XSetInputFocus of the shell associated
>>       with *WINDOW-1*, I tend to get Bad Match errors.  I assume
>>       this is because 1) the window isn't visible

>  rws Responds:
>    This reason is consistent with the protocol specification.

Does this mean I have to use visible_interest in my shell class
(btw, why is visible_interest a class variable instead of a widget variable?)
or is there some other way to determine if it's safe to do a XSetInputFocus?

-Jeff