[RP] Re: Starting a client without giving it focus?

[Graham Wilson]

On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 02:59:55AM +1000, Trent Buck wrote:
> Quoth Florian Cramer on or about 2004-09-29:
> > The subject line says it all. Is it possible to start an X11 client in
> > ratpoison without ratpoison giving it focus? That would be very neat,
> > for example, for clients you automatically start via .ratpoisonrc.
> > For example, if you want to have an xterm as window no. 0 and Mozilla as
> > window no. 1, it is a bit annoying that, after you have already started
> > working in your xterm, Mozilla is finishing its bootup and stealing the
> > focus of the xterm.
> > 
> > Or did I overlook something in the documentation?
> 
> Possibly the :rudeness command; I never got `round to grokking it.

Yes, I believe the :rudeness command would be perfect for this. It lets
you define what to do when transient and normal windows try to raise
themselves or are created. See the info file for more information.

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