Re: adventures with window managers

From: Adam Hardy (adam.ant_at_cyberspaceroad.com)
Date: 09/14/05

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    Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 00:51:59 +0100
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    Angelo Bertolli on 13/09/05 19:16, wrote:
    > Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
    >
    >> On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 05:39:58PM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >>> This thread is turning into a bit of monologue. Does nobody else have
    >>> issues with their window manager? Or even better, solved them?
    >>>
    >>
    >>
    >> Adam, keep talking. It is an interesting monologue.
    >>
    >>
    > Yes, I'd like to find out a way to keep windows from stealing focus if
    > at all possible. I tried a couple of window managers with gnome a long
    > time ago, but had no luck.

    What exactly do you mean by stealing focus? I see different behaviour
    from different window managers. For instance enlightenment gives focus
    to the window that the mouse is over, but without bringing it forward.

    > I think you can change your window manager
    > with gconf:
    >
    > desktop -> gnome -> applications -> window_manager

    Which menu is that? Or program? I can't see it anywhere in my gnome. 

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