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Re: Focus issues (Was: [Q] Win32 Backend Problem)


From: Nicola Pero
Subject: Re: Focus issues (Was: [Q] Win32 Backend Problem)
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 16:47:25 +0000 (GMT)

> > I spent a lot of time getting window focus to more-or-less work on X11,
> > but it's possible I messed it up for the window's backend.
> 
> Is there any documentation of what the backend behavior is supposed to
> be wrt. focus? Clean and well-defined interface and behavior (stuff like
> what happens when a window is closed, or how and when the backend should
> tell -gui about focus changes) would help a lot when working with
> non-x11 backends. Should also make it easier to get focus right in -gui
> once and for all, and to keep any x11-related magic in the -x11 backend.

Does focus work (at all) on a non-{Window Maker} window manager, also with
GNUstep-unfriendly configurations such as click-to-focus ?

I'd say getting this to work is an absolute priority, because it would
make finally GNUstep applications usable outside Window Maker, and enlarge
considerably their potential market.





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