[rox-users] More Risc Os like - was: In at the deep end - slightly long-winded :)

[squidge <bu...@er...>]

I really am very disappointed that nobody has picked up on this, even a
'stupid idiot its xyz' would have been better than nothing. Like this I
don't even know if people dislike the whole idea or not.

I've posted it again in case it's got skipped over.

> 
> Well I finally got a recent version of ROX Session fully installed,
> and can now happily switch between window managers as I please.
> 
> One of the reasons I especially wanted Sawfish is that, of all the WMs
> I've seen, it gets the closest to the Risc Os WIMP when suitably
> configured.
> 
> However, once I tried OroboROX (v 0.8.7.3) I realised that with some
> digging about in the code I might be able to get even closer (I did a
> small amount of C programming some time ago). What I was especially
> looking for was to finally rid myself of windows that grab the input
> focus when you so much as sneeze at them.
> 
> I was pleasantly surprised to find that I can get *very* close to what
> I want by just making a few trivial changes to client.c and events.c
> 
> I can now play about with the window furniture as much as I like
> (apart from scroll bars) and the input focus stays resolutely where I
> left it, only changing if I click in the work area of a window, or if
> I open a new one.
> 
> There is just one problem I can't seem to get round. If I grab say,
> the title bar of a window that has a text entry area, then although it
> doesn't get focus it does bring up a 'phantom' cursor. The problem
> appears to be in clientMove, and is associated with XGrabPointer.
> 
> I've had a look at some of the X documentation but it's not just a
> steep learning cliff, more like a vertical cliff :(
> 
> I'm guessing that the problem may be the system thinks the window has
> input focus and so gets confused.
> 
> Any suggestions gratefully recieved.
> 


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Squidge