Re: Is it possible to catch ALT+TAB and do nothing

2018-05-07 Thread James Cameron
On Mon, May 07, 2018 at 05:03:40PM -0500, Igor Korot wrote: > James, > > On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 4:46 PM, James Cameron wrote: > > On Mon, May 07, 2018 at 04:27:57PM -0500, Igor Korot wrote: > >> Paul et al, > >> Any idea how to configure FVWM to not to give focus to xterm if one > >> specific win

Re: Is it possible to catch ALT+TAB and do nothing

2018-05-07 Thread Igor Korot
James, On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 4:46 PM, James Cameron wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2018 at 04:27:57PM -0500, Igor Korot wrote: >> Paul et al, >> Any idea how to configure FVWM to not to give focus to xterm if one >> specific window is displayed? > > You might ask on an fvwm mailing list, but fvwm does

Re: Is it possible to catch ALT+TAB and do nothing

2018-05-07 Thread James Cameron
On Mon, May 07, 2018 at 04:27:57PM -0500, Igor Korot wrote: > Paul et al, > Any idea how to configure FVWM to not to give focus to xterm if one > specific window is displayed? You might ask on an fvwm mailing list, but fvwm does have a NeverFocus method that can be applied to an application such a

Re: Is it possible to catch ALT+TAB and do nothing

2018-05-07 Thread Igor Korot
Paul et al, Any idea how to configure FVWM to not to give focus to xterm if one specific window is displayed? I tried: [code] Key Tab A M WindowList("!xterm") [/code] but it doesn't work. Thank you. On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 12:44 PM, Paul Davis wrote: > the window manager can intervene to cat

Re: Is it possible to catch ALT+TAB and do nothing

2018-05-07 Thread Paul Davis
the window manager can intervene to catch more or less any key combinations the user has told it to be interested in. if the user told it use Alt-Tab for focus switching, it will catch that. you can't stop it. On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 12:52 PM, Igor Korot wrote: > Hi, Paul, > > On Mon, May 7, 2018

Re: Is it possible to catch ALT+TAB and do nothing

2018-05-07 Thread Igor Korot
Hi, Paul, On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 11:42 AM, Paul Davis wrote: > If there is a window manager (and there just about always is), you can't > stop it from doing what it is configured to do. You're just an application, > and it takes higher priority managing window events than you. Yes, we are using

Re: Is it possible to catch ALT+TAB and do nothing

2018-05-07 Thread Paul Davis
If there is a window manager (and there just about always is), you can't stop it from doing what it is configured to do. You're just an application, and it takes higher priority managing window events than you. On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 12:01 PM, Igor Korot wrote: > Hi, ALL, > Is it possible to ca

Is it possible to catch ALT+TAB and do nothing

2018-05-07 Thread Igor Korot
Hi, ALL, Is it possible to catch the ALT+TAB when one particular window is displayed and do nothing, i.e. not switch to a different window? We have a program which displays a full sized window without the title. Its role is to Lock screen" - user should not be able to do anything until (s)he supp