Re: WM focus, was Re: changed file while editing

From	<tomas@tuxteam.de>
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Subject	Re: WM focus, was Re: changed file while editing
Date	2021-12-12 09:30 +0100
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On Sat, Dec 11, 2021 at 07:58:18PM -0600, David Wright wrote:
> On Sat 11 Dec 2021 at 18:24:46 (-0500), The Wanderer wrote:

[...]

> Looked at in detail, it can get quite complicated. For example,
> a window might never accept focus, accept focus, take focus from
> it's parent (like a dialog box), or, rather rudely, just grab
> focus regardless (like some popups).

And then, there are those @#*&$! [1] applications, which, whithin them,
insist on dictating their own focus policy (and hallucinating they are
*THE* window manager (browsers, I'm looking at you, specifically).

Cheers

[1] Censored, because I'm unable to find terms both compatible with my
   genuine feelings and with a civilised discourse.

-- 
tomás

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changed file while editing mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2021-12-10 23:40 +0100
  Re: changed file while editing David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2021-12-11 02:20 +0100
    Re: changed file while editing mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2021-12-11 02:40 +0100
  Re: changed file while editing David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-12-11 04:10 +0100
    Re: changed file while editing David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2021-12-11 07:40 +0100
      Re: changed file while editing David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2021-12-11 20:00 +0100
        Re: changed file while editing Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-12-16 21:40 +0100
        Re: changed file while editing David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2021-12-17 04:40 +0100
      Re: changed file while editing David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-12-11 20:50 +0100
        Re: changed file while editing "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com> - 2021-12-12 00:10 +0100
          Re: changed file while editing Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-12-12 00:30 +0100
            Re: changed file while editing The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-12-12 00:30 +0100
              Re: changed file while editing David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2021-12-12 01:40 +0100
              WM focus, was Re: changed file while editing David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-12-12 03:00 +0100
                Re: WM focus, was Re: changed file while editing <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-12-12 09:30 +0100
            Re: changed file while editing "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com> - 2021-12-12 18:40 +0100
        Re: changed file while editing Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-12-12 10:00 +0100

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