On Mon, May 04 2009, Paul Vojta wrote: > On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 02:31:09AM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: >> 2009/5/3 Paul Vojta <vo...@math.berkeley.edu>:
>> Right -- so I finally realised what it is you're referring to (albeit >> I had to do too much guessing even with that config). The default for >> this changed in 2.5.17 for title warps not to happen on root menus. I >> can't recall why, but the attached patch will hopefully put back the >> "old" behaviour. This isn't being commited in CVS or anything like >> that -- this behaviour exists for a reason. > Still, it is useful to be able to do title warps for root menus, and > the WarpTitle option doesn't quite do it. The WarpTitle option for some > reason warps to the first menu item, so if I change my mind and decide > not to do anything after clicking the menu I have to move the pointer > off of the menu or onto its title before clicking to dismiss the menu > or I'll get (in the above example) an extraneous xterm. > > Does anybody know the reason why the change in 2.5.17 was made? It's > rather unsatisfying to give a valid reason for a change, and be told, > "well, there's this other reason for not making the change, and we can't > remember what it was, but it was more important." > I found this as a possible reason: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/f...@lists.math.uh.edu/msg14996.html > > It says: > > | Anyway, TitleWarp should do nothing for root menus. > | I'll fix that. > > I couldn't find anything else about TitleWarp around the time of the > change to 2.5.17 (which occurred in late March, 2006). What was the conclusion of this thread? Is it going to be treated as a feature request, or just rejected? Personally, I can see some value in the requested feature, but I do want to resolve the issue n the Debian BTS either way. manoj -- Federal grants are offered for... research into the recreation potential of interplanetary space travel for the culturally disadvantaged. Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@acm.org> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C
