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List:       fvwm
Subject:    Re: FVWM: xterm does not receive focus
From:       Tim Connors <tconnors () astro ! swin ! edu ! au>
Date:       2009-02-27 3:36:03
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.00.0902271430480.6894 () dirac ! rather ! puzzling ! org
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On Wed, 28 Jan 2009, Thomas Dickey wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:28:17PM +0100, Alexander Burger wrote:
> > Thanks Thomas and Hans,
> >
> > now I tried some variations from Hans's config, without avail.
> >
> >
> > > Style * FPClickDecorToFocus, MouseFocus, FPClickToFocus
> >
> > Unfortunately, it doesn't help :-(
> > And, unfortunately, it is reproducible with xterms only.
>
> It might be dependent on xterm version and/or resource (I'm not sure).
> I tried reproducing it just now with #241, using the config that you
> provided - but am seeing the cursor lit up properly after the middle
> xterm is iconified.
>
> I _have_ seen _recently_ (the past month or two) a different case:
> if I start Opera (which mostly obscures xterm), the focus
> doesn't transfer to xterm (as if Opera was holding onto the focus until
> it finishes initializing).
>
> After Opera's started, there's no problem.

Opera has a bug in it that has been there since 9.50 or so:

http://groups.google.com/group/opera.linux/browse_thread/thread/abe9d85044533cbc

-- 
TimC
I don't want Perl to be beautiful -- I want you to write
beautiful programs in Perl.        --Larry Wall

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