On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 02:45:30PM +0000, Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
> On 07 Nov 2003 14:36:55 +0100, Dominik Vogt wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 01:10:43PM +0000, Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
> > > On 07 Nov 2003 10:28:16 +0100, Dominik Vogt wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > That sounds somewhat familiar.  I think you are right.  So the
> > > > problem can be circumvented by either destroying the corresponding
> > > > fvwm function:
> > > > 
> > > >   DestroyFunc EWMHActivateWindowFunc
> > > > 
> > > > (which affects all windows, not just gkrellm).  Unfortunately, it
> > > > is not yet possible to disable certain features of the EWMH spec
> > > > for individual windows.
> > > 
> > > Destroying this function would be undesirable for modern applications
> > > asking the window manager to activate (bring to the user attention) their
> > > windows.
> > > 
> > > A better solution would be to introduce Grab command and add "Grab off"
> > > to EWMHActivateWindowFunc.
> > 
> > Deja Vu?  No, it wouldn't.
> 
> I.e. you say fvwm should know better than the user what to do and
> disallow some legitimate functionality.

In this specific case yes.  How can the user know what's right
here if not even the developers have a clue?

> I hope you have a better solution
> in mind for this kind of problems regarding fvwm functions.

Ciao

Dominik ^_^  ^_^
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