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From: envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Wishlist for R5
Summary: NoTitleFocus
Message-ID: <6162@helios.ee.lbl.gov>
Date: 12 Jul 90 00:26:51 GMT
References: <1990Jul11.191122.29222@aurora.com>
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Reply-To: envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith)
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In article <1990Jul11.191122.29222@aurora.com> geof@aurora.UUCP (Geoffrey H. Cooper) writes:
< 
< My guess is that this is ingrained deep inside the X structure, so it
< isn't easily fixed, but from the point of view of being a USER of X:
< 
< Make the focus under TWM be synchronous with the mouse movements, so
< that type-ahead ends up in the right window.  Currently, you can move
< your mouse over into a swapped-out application that takes a few
< seconds to get swapped in and take the keyboard focus. If you type
< during that time, the keystrokes will often get put in the previous
< application (which is usually an editor and screws up your buffer --
< good thing Emacs has UNDO).  [maybe the problem is TWM itself getting
< swapped out]

Set 'NoTitleFocus' in your .twmrc.  For some reason, when you allow keyboard
focus in the titlebar, there is a delay of focus even in the window part
when you move the mouse from window to window.


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Brian V. Smith    (bvsmith@lbl.gov)
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
I don't speak for LBL, these non-opinions are all mine.