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Re: Explicit mode TWM and Click-To-Type Window managers?

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From: Tom McConnell~
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 19:32
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In article <1992Sep16.162907.12482@infodev.cam.ac.uk>, tda10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Tim Auckland) writes:
> In article <1992Sep15.221054.24578@ichips.intel.com>, tmcconne@sedona.intel.com (Tom McConnell~) writes:
> 
> |>   twm already has a "click-to-focus" mode. Just add this line to the .twmrc
> |> file:
> |>         NoTitleFocus
> |> 
> |> This stops the keyboard focus from following the mouse. Then you could add a
> |> "focus" button to the title bar with this entry in .twmrc:
> 
> This is actually false.  The manpage is unclear but the actual
> effect of this variable is to give the application the focus only
> when the pointer is within a window of the application, as
> opposed to the default which is to give focus when the pointer is
> within the window manager decorations around that window.  Hence
> the nane, as in "don't focus on the Title Bar".  The default even
> gives focus from the iconmgr entry.
> 
> Tim.

  Wups. You're right. All you need is f.focus (and f.unfocus to get "focus on
pointer" back).

    Cheers,

    Tom McConnell
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Subject: Re: Explicit mode TWM and Click-To-Type Window managers?
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