Re: FVWM: Stubborn Psi

From: Dominik Vogt <fvwm_at_fvwm.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 19:38:01 +0200

On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 12:20:43PM +0200, Rafal Bisingier wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> >From quite some time I try to make Psi jabber client windows behave like
> I want, but Psi is very stubborn ;-)
> What I try to get is to show window with new message every time it came,
> but not to pass focus to it. So I want that every new message will open a
> window (or raise it, if it exist), but this window will not get focused.
>
> There is an option in Psi to open (or raise) window on every new message
>
> Below are the Styles I use:
>
> Style * FPEnterToFocus, !FPLeaveToUnfocus, FPClickToFocus, \
> !FPClickRaisesFocused, FPPassFocusClick, FPFocusByProgram, \
> FPFocusByFunction, !FPFocusByFunctionWarpPointer, \
> FPGrabFocus, FPGrabFocusTransient, FPReleaseFocus, \
> FPReleaseFocusTransient
> Style Psi !FPFocusByProgram, !FPFocusByFunction, !FPGrabFocus, \
> !FPGrabFocusTransient, IgnoreRestack, FPEnterToFocus, \
> EWMHIgnoreStateHints, EWMHIgnoreStackingOrderHints, \
> EWMHIgnoreStrutHints, GNOMEIgnoreHints,
> Style XTerm FPOverrideGrabFocus
> Style gvim FPOverrideGrabFocus
>
> The problem is that Psi windows with new message always gets focus. You
> can imagine how frustrating this can be, when in the middle of wiritting
> you notice that half of the text you've written landed in the message
> window and not in the text editor. :-(
>
> The only change I achieved was that message windows wasn't raised but
> still get focused. So it's exactly the oposite that I want. :-(
>
> Are there any chance to get the bahaviour I want?
> I'm empty of ideas already...

Well, if the application takes focus itself - and it certainly
looks like it does - there is little you can do, except asking the
developers to remove that mis-feature.

Ciao

Dominik ^_^ ^_^

 --
Dominik Vogt, dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de


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