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From: swick@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ralph R. Swick)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Disabling Input
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Date: 19 Dec 89 13:02:32 GMT
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    When I mouse in blank areas
    of the form (i.e. not in a child widget), the mouse actions are caught
    by the window manager (twm).

I'm not sure I completely understand what the problem is
(i.e. what do you have in your .twmrc?), but you could try
setting the do_not_propagate window attribute on the shell's
window.  Probably best to train the wm to be smarter though,
rather than making the application work harder.  More info
would help...