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On Thursday 01 August 2002 12:50 am, David Walser wrote:
> I thought blackbox had been superceded by fluxbox o_O
>
> --- Sebastian Dransfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Please upgrade :)
> >
> > http://blackboxwm.sourceforge.net/
> >
> > Sebastian
>
Far from! I like fluxbox but what it adds, it loses most with me with one 
little small feature (and it is this one and only feature that sours my 
experience!)....

the ability to work in another window with but a quick pass over the 
designated box no matter if it is behind another window. With fluxbox, I have 
to click on the designated window to type or use whatever is in that box, 
thereby blocking and hopping in front of the original window that I had 
wanted to copy from or reference. 

A good scenario:

I want to type a command in a terminal window, but I have another 
terminal/editor/browser as a reference on typing the appropriate commands 
that I need to accomplish a task. It sucks that when it comes time to type 
the command with a lengthy list of options or reconfiguring a "spec" file, I 
have to block the referencing program with the terminal that I am using to 
type in my command arguments. 

Or watching a video or engaging in a video chat with gnomemeeting while trying 
to recompile a program or checking email and having the video blocked by the 
offending email program or terminal. Fluxbox provide a "fix" or "option" for 
the blackbox "trait" and I will be completely sold!

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Altoine B
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http://pgp.mit.edu
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Am I ranting?  I hope so.  My ranting gets raves.
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