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Article #16257Re: Focus moves with mouse? (xfeel author request)
From: Jeff Bryer
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:12
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:12
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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. > Unfortuantely xfeel ties foreground to the focus (but I still have xfeel installed in my startup folder). I would like to make a request about xfeel. Who is the author of the program? I remember a post from him a while back but alas I didn't save it. I have many suggestions and bug reports I would like to give to him. Has anyone suggested to IBM to have more than one choice of window manager? (Who can I suggest it to -- preferably in Canada?) Jeff Bryer -- bryer@ccu.umanitoba.ca | Moderator of the Apogee supplement programs. Jeff Bryer | Archived at ccu.umanitoba.ca in pub/wolf3d Genetics IV | Maintainer of the Virtual Reality archive at University of Manitoba | ccu.umanitoba.ca in pub/VirtualReality
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!opl.com!hri.com!spool.mu.edu!olivea!charnel!sifon!newsflash.concordia.ca!mizar.cc.umanitoba.ca!bryer From: bryer@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jeff Bryer) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc Subject: Re: Focus moves with mouse? (xfeel author request) Keywords: mouse, focus, foreground, background Message-ID: <C1H9G6.837@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Date: 26 Jan 93 20:12:06 GMT References: <unruh.727982140@unixg.ubc.ca> <1993Jan25.222717.20871@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@ccu.umanitoba.ca Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Lines: 32 Nntp-Posting-Host: luke.cc.umanitoba.ca