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From: cflatter@ZIA.AOC.NRAO.EDU (Chris Flatters)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  "modal" modes
Message-ID: <9010311704.AA27698@zia.aoc.nrao.edu>
Date: 31 Oct 90 17:04:16 GMT
Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background)
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> The question is, can this be done using some other method besides
> that provided by mwm?  System modals are easy -- just grab the
> pointer and release it when you're done.  Applciation grabs, are
> more difficult.  I haven't seen anything in any of the X or Xt
> docs that specify a method for XGrabPointer or anything else to
> achieve this.  I am trying to read the "input focus" section of
> the ICCCM, but I don't see it addressing this issue at all.

Surely application modals correspond to the locally active input model
in section 4.1.17 of the ICCCM while system modal correspond to the
globally active input model.  Am I missing something obvious?

			Chris Flatters