Re: Bind <space> to builtin_raise in mouse.c

[Ethan M. <merritt@u.washington.edu>]

On Wednesday 26 April 2006 10:27 am, Timoth=C3=A9e Lecomte wrote:
> I have found another poor alternative : using xterm control sequences.
> [...] the  "<esc>[5t" as "raise the window" when xterm is in  VT100 mode=
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> (Does it mean that it won't work if xterm is in a different mode ?

Correct. It does not work if you switch to Tek mode.
Probably no one uses Tek mode any more, but then again not everyone
is using a vt100-style xterm in the first place.  The KDE and Gnome
terminals may be more common.
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> On the short-run, I may let it in the wxWidgets terminal as it is
> currently : has to be linked with Xlib (or gdk, as it is already needed
> for raise_plot_window_but_don_t_give_it_the_focus ), or Windows.h (not a
> problem), or os2.h (not a problem either).

It is of course OK for an outboard (external) terminal driver to link
against its own support libraries.
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> Any other idea ?

Give up on the whole idea of a generic mechanism for raising the console.
It was not well thought out to begin with, and in fact is not even a
well-defined operation.

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Ethan A Merritt
Biomolecular Structure Center
University of Washington, Seattle WA