[pkg-fso-maint] have to switch windows back and forth after firefox, gimp, etc. exit

[Thomas Dickey]

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010, Thomas Dickey wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Nov 2010, jidanni at jidanni.org wrote:
>
>> Help, whenever I close firefox, gimp, etc. (emacs is OK though.) I have
>> to switch windows back and forth before I can continue typing into the
>> window I am left starting at. Else my keystrokes are ignored. I use
>> Debian sid/experimental. pstree says:
>>
>>     |-nodm---xinit-+-Xorg
>>     | 
>> `-nodm---ck-launch-sessi-+-sh---icewm-session-+-icewm---xterm---bash-+-emacs---aspell
>>     |                                       |                    |
>>     |              |-firefox-bin---17*[{firefox-bin}]
>> and I use http://jidanni.org/comp/configuration/.Xresources
>
> yes... (I noticed this a while back, and it's on my to-do list - appears
> to be due to an xorg change, since it doesn't happen on my older systems).

...or application change - for example

http://www.archivum.info/opera.linux/2008-10/00096/Opera-stealing-focus-(attn-Eirik-Byrkjeflot-Anonsen).html

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