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

[Alexander Malmberg]

"Chris B. Vetter" wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 18 Jan 2003 01:00:34 +0100
> Alexander Malmberg <alexander@malmberg.org> wrote:
> > Adam Fedor wrote:
> > [snip]
> > > 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.
> 
> IS this a problem specific to GNUstep? Does it also occur with any other
> window managers, besides wmaker? I'm asking because I even get focus
> problems in wmaker when not using any GNUstep-Apps at all - eg. Phoenix,
> when opening a new tab and trying to type a URL.

Perhaps not, but it's probably amplified since GNUstep plays a fairly
active role in focus-management (eg. making sure the menu is visible at
the right times). Either way, it'd probably be just a matter of how much
and what kind of magic we'd need.

- Alexander Malmberg