fvwm2 and ClickToFocus (how to stop window raising?)

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From: George Sanderson
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 00:00

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I got sick of the ancient twm so I downloaded fvwm2 and compiled it on a sparc 10...
(I chose fvwm since it has been recommended to me by friends who use Linux).

I played around with the .fvwm2rc file and enabled ClickToFocus, but the added
behaviour of raising the window when it was focused was more annoying than I first
thought (ie. the standard stupid Windoze/MacOS behaviour).

So, how do I get fvwm2 to focus windows when I click in them, WITHOUT raising them ?
Is there an option which does this already and I have missed it somewhere ?
If not, how do I add/hack/etc this behaviour or modify ClickToFocus ?

(additionally, since I like the lovely feature of fvwm virtual screens/space,
is it possible to automatically focus the window under the pointer, whenever
the screens/space are switched, _while_ using something like ClickToFocus ? )

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From: aissande@kraken.itc.gu.edu.au (George Sanderson)
Subject: fvwm2 and ClickToFocus (how to stop window raising?)
Date: 1996/08/23
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