Re: label positioning using fltk

[Rik]

>>
>>> Now if I can just figure out how to do that in MacOS.
>> Probably I'm completely misunderstanding what you are trying to do and the 
>> following is obvious to you. But, just in case: Aquaterm only grabs focus on 
>> the first plot in a session and that is only because it starts up on the 
>> first plot command. If you startup aquaterm before you startup octave, the 
>> terminal will retain focus even for the first plot. If you want octave to 
>> retain focus for more than just testing purposes, it would seem convenient 
>> to write a simple shell script to startup the two processes in the proper 
>> order and then restore focus to the shell.
> 
> I have two problems under MacOS. The first is that the fltk-aqua window 
> steals focus.
> 
> Second, if I use gnuplot/aquaterm, the focus problem is fixed, but the 
> windows never close. When I run Soren't dump_demo's script enough windows are 
> created that aquaterm / gnuplot eventually crash ... and the script errors 
> out. I can avoid the crash/error by closing windows as they are created.
> 
> Each of these problems mean running the dump_demo's script is effective in 
> preventing me from doing anything else in parallel.

I think the search term you want to use with Google is "focus stealing",
but I didn't find any quick resolutions to the issue.

--Rik