Re: Opening apps in the background

On Wednesday 04 August 2004 10:51 pm, bryan@ak.net wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 06:57:08AM -0800, James Zuelow <e5z8652@zuelow.net> wrote:
> > But it seems to me that using wm flags would make the script much less
> > portable - doesn't that mean that the script wouldn't necessarily work on
> > a Gnome desktop using sawfish?
>
> Yes, it does, but it's unavoidable.

This wm issue is a snap to get around. Just figure out the calls for each wm and create
a conditional in the script.

> We're not talking about running
> a job in the background, like you can do with & on the command line.
> We're talking about which window has the keyboard focus, which is
> exactly the type of thing that window managers were designed to take
> care of. Neither the OS nor X cares at all about focusing windows.
> If that's what you want to control, the solution will necessarily
> depend on which wm you're using.
>

some where in space,lol
eddie

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Received on Wed Aug 4 23:06:32 2004