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From: marbru@auto-trol.UUCP (Martin Brunecky)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Question re: input focus on DEC 3100
Summary: Don't blame your bugs on X
Message-ID: <331@auto-trol.UUCP>
Date: 23 Oct 89 14:19:26 GMT
References: <5868@wiley.UUCP>
Reply-To: ncar!ico!auto-trol!marbru (Martin Brunecky)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Auto-trol Technology, Denver
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In article <5868@wiley.UUCP> cbn@wiley.UUCP (Chris Newton) writes:
>
>We have an application which we are attempting to port from Suns to the 3100.
>It is written using Athena widgets (not DEC widgets).  It comes up on the
>3100, but NEVER gets the input focus. The window header never turns black and
>all keyboard input goes to the shell from which the application was invoked.
>

	Looks like the application writer ignored shell resource
        XtNinput   (accept input focus)
  	Many older applications do that, and you can get along with them
   	as long as older, less law-obiding window managers are used.

	You can get along by putting a line:
	*input:  True
        into your .Xdefaults.
        No the best solution, but... Or you can do the same in the
	application resource file (if there is any or you know the
        application name/class), or you can fix the application.

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