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From: rouben@math9.math.umbc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.os.vms,comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: AutoRaise in DECwindows?
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Date: 30 Jul 90 22:02:39 GMT
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Organization: Mathematics Department University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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We have several DECstation 5000s running DECwindows with Ultirx 4.0.
I generally prefer the working environment of twm over DECwindows,
but for these workstations dxwm is all we've got.  So here's a question:

Is it possible to make windows receive focus automatically
as the mouse cursor moves into them?

With the current setup, moving from one dxterm to another requires a
mouse mouse click in the second window to shift the keyboard input focus
to it from the first.  I find this behaviour quite annoying.

I have tried setting DXterm*autoRaise:on  but it did not seem to have
the effect that I thought it should.  I would appreciate any help
that the net can give me in this matter.

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Rouben Rostamian                               Telephone: (301) 455-2458
Department of Mathematics and Statistics       e-mail:
University of Maryland Baltimore County        rostamian@umbc.bitnet
Baltimore, MD 21228,  U.S.A.                   rostamian@umbc3.umbc.edu