I agree with the suspicion that it's something related to X11, but Matlab is better integrated into MacOS than baseline X11 apps. For example, Matlab shows up on the dock and you can tab to it using Cmd- Tab, but you can't do either of these things with xclock or xemacs. But when you use Cmd-Tab to switch to Matlab, it still doesn't activate the window (same problem as within QuickSilver)
Ctrl-F6 (or Ctrl-F4) do nothing when Matlab is active, but its window isn't. Ctrl-F2 (to highlight the menu bar) does highlight the menu, but there's nothing there, so that doesn't help. Any other thoughts? Anyone else trying to interface Quicksilver and X11 apps? Cheers, Eric On Oct 27, 3:00 pm, "Jon Stovell (a.k.a. Sesquipedalian)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you tried this with any other X11 apps? My suspicion is that > because X11 is actually a completely different windowing environment > from Aqua (the native OS X environment), X11 apps won't respond the > way native apps do. Also, what happens when you use ⌘⇥ (Cmd-Tab) to > switch applications? > > On Oct 27, 10:39 am, Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all - > > I use QuickSilver triggers to switch between applications I use > > frequently, just by setting up triggers for "Application -> Open". > > The only one that's giving me a problem is Matlab, which requires X11 > > to run and isn't terribly well integrated into MacOS. If I run > > "Matlab -> Open" or "Matlab -> Activate" from Quicksilver, it > > activates the Matlab application, but doesn't actually set the focus > > to the main Matlab command window, so I still have to click in the > > window (which is what I'm trying to avoid). Any thoughts on how to > > actually activate a specific window from Quicksilver? > > > Cheers, > > Eric > > > Details: > > MacOS X 10.5.5 > > QS B54 (3815) > > (and if it matters) Matlab R2008a > >
