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From: mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU (der Mouse)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  xterm and cmdtool overlap in openwindow?
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Date: 3 May 91 22:14:25 GMT
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> I wonder how to get xterm and cmdtool overlap each other.  It seems
> to me that cmdtool is always over the xterm and can't get xterm to
> the front of cmdtool.

I assume, because it's the only way your statements seem at all likely,
that (a) you're using Suns, (b) you're using the OpenWindows server,
and (c) you're using the suntools cmdtool instead of the XView cmdtool.

One of the problems with the hacks Sun has done to allow you to get X
and suntools windows on the same screen is that all the suntools
windows are always in front of all the X windows.  This may be a bit of
a pain, but it's a lot better than having to switch window systems
entirely, and it would, I understand, be a major pain to fix.  (Think
of it as a good reason to get away from running suntools programs!  If
you just like cmdtool, there is a cmdtool version that speaks X.)

					der Mouse

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