Or if that' doesn't work, try: tell application "X11" to activate
On Oct 28, 10:11 pm, "Jon Stovell (a.k.a. Sesquipedalian)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In that case, my only idea is to try the following Applescript and, if > it works, to set up a trigger for it instead of the MatLab app itself. > > tell application "MatLab" to activate > > On Oct 28, 9:55 am, Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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
