Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 06:51:06 -0700 From: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net> To: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> Cc: "G. Adam Stanislav" <zen@buddhist.com>, David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD: The Storage Wars Message-ID: <3700D6CA.A427640@thuntek.net> References: <Message from "G. Adam Stanislav" <zen@buddhist.com> <3.0.6.32.19990329102615.008f94a0@mail.bfm.org> <3.0.6.32.19990329203142.008fae20@mail.bfm.org> <370073E5.8A887571@uk.radan.com>
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Mark Ovens wrote: > > "G. Adam Stanislav" wrote: > > > > Alas, there is no command listed that would prevent a window from losing > > focus once the pointer leaves it. :-( > > > > I thought that NoTitleFocus might do that, but it did not. > > > > This is in accordance with what Unix Unleashed says: You need something > > other than twm if you want to keep focus on a window when you move the > > pointer out of it. > > > > So, for now, I should probably stick to using FreeBSD in console mode only. > > I need more memory, > > I forget what started this discussion, but it sounds as though you are > wanting a WM with low resource overhead abd which allows a window to > retain focus when the mouse pointer leaves it. If this is the case why > not try olvwm (Sun's OpenLook)? It uses single colour icons, has no > task bar etc. and has a "ClickToType" resource setting that keeps > focus on a window until you click in another (I personally use the > traditional "focus follows mouse" method). > and fvwm can be configured with a one-line change to be ClickToFocus. I've always thought it to be 'low-resource', but then I never build an X machine with less than 32M... -- Don Wilde "Bringing the Internet to everyone!" Wilde Media 1380 Rio Rancho Blvd. SE #117 voice: 505-771-0709 Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124 e-mail: dwilde1@thuntek.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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