On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 at 0:40:50 +0200, Tamas TEVESZ wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Apr 2011, Carlos R. Mafra wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 at 20:34:21 +0200, Tamas TEVESZ wrote:
> > >
> > > for firefox, i have initial workspace set to main. if i start firefox
> > > (say, from my root menu, or run dialog) so that the current workspace
> > > is not main, the instant when the firefox window is mapped, the
> > > current workspace is changed to main. similar things also happen with
> > > (some) ooo windows, for example. all i can think of right now (without
> > > much research) is that these clients want focus, and it is honoured by
> > > wm, even at the cost of pulling the workspace out from under the user.
> >
> > Martin Dietze wrote a patch to deal with that, and also due to his
> > firefox setup.
> >
> > Take a look at commit d6c134f420bfa1d6c134f420bfa1 ("Do not switch
> > workspace to follow new windows in others").
>
> oh, cool. hard part done ;)
>
> but am i reading this right that this (and consequently current wm)
> allows this behaviour unless applications are specifically (and
> manually) forbidden to use it? (it must be, otherwise i wouldn't be
> writing this :) if yes, how about turning the current state of things
> to something along the lines of what i just proposed?
>
> i can't believe letting one's im application force focus on itself
> because $wife just messaged while one is writing one's plans to thy
> mistress is something anyone would want (or expect, for that matter).
Yeah, I think that makes sense. I guess that option could be made
the default, as it's really annoying when it happens.
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