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Re: bug with X window focus switching?

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From: Jeroen van Maanen
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:21
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rv@cs.brown.edu (rodrigo vanegas) writes:

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>I think you've misunderstood my report.  I find that xterm and emacs
>*are* aware of the change of focus and reflect this awareness by
>having filled or hollow cursors.  Epoch, too, is aware of focus
>changes when they occur in by the more direct movement of the mouse
>from one region of the screen to another.

>Unlike emacs and xterm and a number of other apps where this is
>relevant, epoch is not aware of focus changes when they occur as a
>result of keyboard input.  I don't know exactly whose fault it is or
>what the deal is exactly.  But i do know that emacs and xterm handle
>this event appropriately. 

I can confirm this (I noticed it only the day before yesterday myself)
Epoch doesn't change the state of the cursor where xterm does as the
result of a keypress event. Not that it's too much of a problem though.

--Jeroen

>Epoch is the problem this time -- not twm.



>rodrigo
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