On Fri, Jul 03, 2026 at 06:00:56PM -0700, Aric Gregson wrote: > On 2026-07-03 14:17, Walter Alejandro Iglesias wrote: > >Last update brakes the "focus previous" I'd added to client_remove(). > >Fixed below. > > > >I reached the tricky part, groups, which in the current implementation > >already have some bug. And to be totally honest, even though I've been > >using cwm for quite a while, I still don't know what's the appeal of > >groups compared to traditional desktop management, so I can't really > >assess what behavior might be convenient in this case. > > > >Anyways, considering this thread has been a monologue, I'm going to let > >this proposal rest. I only got feedback from one person, who said he > >agreed with the change. If more people show up (especially the > >maintainer), I'll see if I continue with this. > > Walter, > > I have not replied because I am not clear on what "warping the pointer" > means. I live in cwm and use nothing else on OpenBSD and on Dragonfly.
It's the behavior you see also in fvwm under Mouse Focus when you switch from one window to another using the keyboard: the pointer jumps (warp) to the new focused window, generally to its geometrical center. The "pass focus to the previous window when closing the active one" is an extra, not really needed for the "no warping pointer" behavior. I decided to add it because the hack (at code level) is the same. > > The only annoying behavior that I find is when moving back and forth > between desktops, cmw rarely puts you back to the last active window in > that particular desktop. If that has anything to do with what you are > trying to change, then I am all for it! This is exactly what I'm saying I'd like to accomplish now (following the same logic.) Also an extra. But I don't feel completely confident in changing groups behaviour because, as I said, I still don't fully understand groups policy. With this, for my daily use, I try to emulate as closely as possible the use of desktops found in most window managers, which is what I'm familiar with. Another behaviour of groups I find annoying is that when you move a window to another group it ends in the background. I posted a diff to modify this time ago, no response so far. But, again, perhaps this has its purpose, and annoys me just because I don't fully understand groups usage. > > Aric > -- Walter
