Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!rphroy!rcsrlh!rhaar From: rhaar@rcsrlh.GMR.COM (Bob Haar CS50) Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc Subject: Re: beep but no type :-( Message-ID: <39337@rphroy.UUCP> Date: 30 Nov 90 17:21:54 GMT References: Sender: news@rphroy.UUCP Reply-To: rhaar@rcsrlh.GMR.COM (Bob Haar CS50) Distribution: comp Lines: 35 In article , shawn@litsun8.litsun.epfl.edu (Shawn Koppenhoefer) writes: |> I've got a teeny problem with the odd application with an Openlook |> X window. |> It seems that |> some applications which should accept keyboard input when my cursor |> is in the window DON't! A prime example is xpostits. When I bring |> up a postit note to type into all I get is annoying beeps... like |> when you aren't currently in a window and you hit the keyboard keys. |> |> anyone have a clue as to the solution? Me too, except that I don't get a beep. My example: MIT X11 xlife program running under OpenWindows 2.0, olwm window manager on Sun SPARC1+, SunOS 4.1 . The xlife program opens a window. I can use the mouse buttons turn on/off cells or change the viewpoint, but keyboard input never seems to get to the program. I have noticed that the "banner" area at the top of the window that highlights for the window currently getting keyboard input (is this called keyboard focus?) never turns on. I can move/resize/ open/close the window, but not take to the program. This same executable works properly on another SUN with an identical setup except that twm is used instead of olwm. Any suggestions ? (Don't say to use twm or X11. That isn't an option for me.) Bob Haar CSNET: HAAR@GMR.COM UUCP: uunet!edsews!rphroy!rcsrlh!rhaar Computer Science Dept., G.M. Research Laboratories DISCLAIMER: Unless indicated otherwise, everything in this note is personal opinion, not an official statement of General Motors Corp.