Hello, Le mardi 20 juin 2006 à 11:29 -0600, edwardsa a écrit : > I have just found the metacity.schemas file and find that a new schema > > focus_new_windows > > has two possible values: "smart" applies the user's normal focus mode, and > "strict" results in windows started from a terminal NOT being given focus. > > Now, if I start a window from a terminal, why the hell wouldn't I want > it to be given focus?!
E.g. because this new window is to display something you want to see while still typing in your terminal window. When you're doing a task that requires you doing it repeatedly, automatically giving focus to new windows is a total PITA. OTOH, you may want to be able to close the window quickly by typing "q", in which case it's not giving focus that's a PITA. Actually, easy window navigation from the keyboard is more important than the default focusing policy. Raise policy is also a different issue. If you create a window from the terminal, presumably you always want to *see* it ASAP (which is not always the case for popups, where I often prefer my taskbar to flash, allowing me to select when I'm OK with switching from my current task to check it). > If I start a window I want it to be raised, given > focus, and even a drink if it wants it! This makes me think that > metacity should be renamed to perver-city. I'm missing something here, can't you just change the "focus_new_windows" setting? > Should I file this as a bug? As it is, I'll using my stable boxes for > anything serious until this is resolved. IMHO, you should not file more than a wishlist bug asking for the default to be "smart" (unless I did not understand the exact problem, of course). Regards, Thibaut. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]