FC5 + new gnome terminal goes to background

[taharka]

Howdy,

On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 09:33 -0400, yonas abraham wrote:
> Paul Howarth wrote:
> > Ingemar Nilsson wrote:
> >> Ron Yorston <rmy at tigress.co.uk> writes:
> >>
> >>> It's not something I'd ever want, but there are people out there who
> >>> never want new windows to take focus from the one they're working in.
> >>
> >> I'd say that applies to "unsolicited" windows, that open even if I 
> >> did not
> >> request them. An example is the Gaim conversation window, which opens 
> >> when
> >> somebody sends you a message. If I'm typing into another window and it
> >> steals my focus, I'll be disrupted and irritated. Windows that I 
> >> request to
> >> be opened, e.g. by starting an application or selecting a menu entry 
> >> (that
> >> leads to a dialog box) in an open application, should IMO get the focus.
> >>
> >> I'm not sure how the window manager can identify these "unsolicited"
> >> windows though.
> >
> > I actually like the new behaviour. When working on a slower machine, 
> > it can take a long time for windows of a big application to appear. In 
> > the meantime, I like to get on with other things and I don't like 
> > having the focus stolen from me when the big app eventually turns up.
> >
> > Paul.
> >
> That is an excellent idea. I like that one when they introduce it in 
> FC4. But we are talking about If I requested for a new window and I 
> didn't  do any activity, the new window should be the focus.
> 
> But the good thing is that, with my latest update every thing is now 
> back to the FC4 behavior.
> 
> Some one was talking about, it is now possible to configure it which 
> behavior you want, but I don't know where you can configure it.

Have a read here,
http://blogs.gurulabs.com/stuart/archives/2006/04/making_metacity.html

and here,
http://blogs.gurulabs.com/stuart/archives/2006/04/making_metacity_1.html

then possibly sending him an email requesting that information ;-)


> -- 
> Yonas Abraham, PhD
> Registered Linux user number 407343               http://counter.li.org 

taharka

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