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In article <1993Jan25.222717.20871@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>In article <unruh.727982140@unixg.ubc.ca> unruh@unixg.ubc.ca (Bill Unruh) writes:
>>Is it possible to set OS2 up so that the focus moves with the mouse, rather
>>than the focus transfereing with a mouse click on the window (I know in
>>X it is an option). Also tht foreground background is not tied to the focus
>>ie to transfer to foreground you have to click  on the boarder ratehr than just 
>>anywhere. At present focus and foreground are tied together, and that is not 
>>always convenient.
>
>Try getting the file xfeel.zip, available via anonymous ftp from
>ftp-os2.nmsu.edu (check file /pub/os2/00Index for location).  This
>utility will give you the focus follows mouse behavior.

While xfeel does make the focus move with the mouse, it is not what many
people, including me, are asking for.  With xfeel, the focus moves with
the mouse *and* the window rises to the top of the stack.  What I would
prefer is a way to have the focus move with the mouse, but not rise to the
top.  This way you can type in a window which is partially obscured by another
window.

Why would you want to do that?  Well, because there is something in
another window that you would like to see while typing, and you don't
have a gigapixel display.  Or maybe your display is slow, and you really
don't wan't to watch the screen redraw everytime you move between
windows.

This seems to be one of those features that everyone thinks is useless
until they actually use it for a while, then they can't stand being
without it.  Very analagous to all the "Who needs multitasking?"
arguments.

I think IBM should incorporate this feature.  If they don't, MS will
probably put it in NT and act like they invented it.

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