[Gllug] focus control in KDE

[sean at uncertainty.org.uk]

On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 10:10:58AM +0100, David Damerell wrote:
> On Friday, 17 Aug 2001, David Spencer wrote:
> >sean at uncertainty.org.uk wrote:
> >>        does anyone know if it's possible to stop kde from
> >>popping up windows all over the place ?
> >>I am getting annoyed with background windows popping up and
> >>grabbing focus when I'm in the middle of typing something.
> >can you switch focus control back to wherever the mouse is pointing,
> >rather than Losedows mode where a new window grabs the focus?
> >that should resolve the problem.
> 
> I wonder if the original poster is confusing KDE with kwm? If it's a
> property of kwm, he could use some less irritating <flamebait> and
> ugly </flamebait> window manager.

well I gues I am making that indistinction ...


> 
> Sawmill (which may or may not be KDE compliant) has a lot of nifty
> features in this respect; for instance, newly created windows need not
> get the focus.
> 
> [Also, you can ignore stacking requests on certain subsets of windows
> - so bloody Netscape can't bring itself to the front every time you
> look at it.]
> 

I guess I'll play around with some different window managers

can I do this without logging out? - my first linux was Suse (5?)
you could happily change window mangers mid session...

I have to say I haven't experimented at all with X settings in more 
recent distros ... 

-- 

Sean




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