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auto-raise vs auto-focus

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From: Niklas Hallqvist
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1991 11:48
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Peter A Fletcher wrote:
> I'm using Epoch with tvtwm, and if I iconify or move to back an Epoch
> window I lose the automatic window focus (a similar problem to some
> already mentioned).  However, I can get back automatic focus by
> moving the pointer into the title bar of the window, and sending
> two focus events (I'm using tvtwm, and I've bound a key to f.focus)

I don't know about this and can't test it for the moment, not being
on my X display. 

> This fixes the problem until I iconize or move to back another
> window, but it is enough of a pain that I've stopeed doing it.
> 
> The problem also occurs if I move to another part of the virtual
> desktop.

This however is not the case for me, I work like this all the time.
What version of tvtwm and epoch are you running?
 
> I hope this info helps someone more knowledgeable than I to fix
> this annoying bug.

I will check this out as soon as I'll come to my X display.

					Niklas

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From: niklas@appli.se (Niklas Hallqvist)
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Subject: auto-raise vs auto-focus
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Date: 14 Mar 91 11:48:00 GMT
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