Re: How does XSetInputFocus() generate errors?

2004-12-17 Thread Tim Roberts
Joel L. Breazeale wrote: On my XSetInputFocus() man page it says, XSetInputFocus() can generate BadMatch, BadValue, and BadWindow errors. In looking at the source code for XFree86 4.2.1, I see XSetInputFocus() in lib/X11/SetIFocus.c always returns 1. ... So... When I call XSetInputFocus() and

Re: How does XSetInputFocus() generate errors?

2004-12-17 Thread The Rasterman
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 09:43:19 -0800 Tim Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] babbled: Joel L. Breazeale wrote: On my XSetInputFocus() man page it says, "XSetInputFocus() can generate BadMatch, BadValue, and BadWindow errors." In looking at the source code for XFree86 4.2.1, I see

Re: How does XSetInputFocus() generate errors?

2004-12-17 Thread Robert Currey
it's not just a network that can be slow. if you are concerned about performance with your x apps, mere context switching is an issue. if you do it often enough (and sit, blocking and waiting for a reply). this asynchronous behavior is highly desirable even for local

Re: How does XSetInputFocus() generate errors?

2004-12-17 Thread The Rasterman
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:31:35 -0800 "Robert Currey" [EMAIL PROTECTED] babbled: the protocol level you will know just which calls these are. some of them: XGetWindowAttributes, XSync, XQueryTree, XGetWindowProperty, XInternAtom, XGetImage. This is TRUTH ... I had a

Re: How does XSetInputFocus() generate errors?

2004-12-17 Thread Robert Currey
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 6:11 PM Subject: Re: How does XSetInputFocus() generate errors? On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:31:35 -0800 "Robert Currey" [EMAIL PROTECTED] babbled: the protocol level you will know just which calls these are.

Re: How does XSetInputFocus() generate errors?

2004-12-17 Thread The Rasterman
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 18:31:45 -0800 "Robert Currey" [EMAIL PROTECTED] babbled: Wanna guess the worst offending x app I've seen? It starts with "ja" ends with "va" ... (can you "swing" an answer to this) oh don't tell me. i know. i've seen how java "thinks" when it comes to

How does XSetInputFocus() generate errors?

2004-12-16 Thread Joel L. Breazeale
Please pardon what may be a very nieve question from a newbie! Please also pardon me if this question is off topic? Otherwise, my question has a slim chance of exposing a problem in XFree86 (I highly doubt it, but we'll see). On my XSetInputFocus() man page it says, XSetInputFocus() can

Re: How does XSetInputFocus() generate errors?

2004-12-16 Thread The Rasterman
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 00:51:14 -0600 (CST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joel L. Breazeale) babbled: Please pardon what may be a very nieve question from a newbie! Please also pardon me if this question is off topic? Otherwise, my question has a slim chance of exposing a problem in