Hello,

source liu <sourceo...@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
> I've recently picked up the pace of fvwm2, (v2.6), and i enjoy the
> style of fvwm
> style in getting the focus of windows by mouseover, except for i'm setting up
> my cedet for emacs. before i'm into fvwm, i used KDE, whose method is
> ClicktoFocus by default.
>
> In the ClicktoFocus case, when my trying to call the *speedbar*, which
> would generate
> a window companied by the opened emacs window, and auto get focus.
> after key stroke, the *speedbar* lost it focus by default, (without close it).
> thus, one can call it back and forth, whenever need.
>
> But the case is different as the focus method changes,  still i can
> call up the *speedbar*
> by key stroke, but it would no longer get focus as soon as it came
> out. (as i should keep the mouse
> in the region of emacs to keep emacs to hold focus).  so every time i
> have to move my cursor
> to get the focus of the speed bar, and after i finished the stroke,
> the emacs again didnt caught
> focus.
>
> The problem remains when multiple windowed application such as *Gimp*
> is launched, but it never
> come to so critical as mouse is widely used in them.  I've enjoyed so
> much in keeping my hand free of
> mouse when editor text with emacs.
>
> I would not change back to the way ClicktoFocus, as i'm lovin it,  is
> there any way or suggestions to drive
> away the problem bother me in which i mentioned above to get rid of
> moving the mouse back and forth... back
> and forth.
>

Are you perchance using MouseFocus (FocusFollowsMouse), this iiuc gives
focus to whatever window is under the mouse. Switching to SloppyFocus
(assuming you are indeed using MouseFocus) might fix the issue you're
having. 

Kind regards,

Bert Geens

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