On Friday March 23 2018 18:40:26 [email protected] wrote:
>Hi,=C2=A0 =C2=A0This is the problem that I have and I'm wondering whether t=
>here is a fix:
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 I have Chrome on top of an xterm and for some inexplicable re=
>ason, the xterm would start popping in front of Chrome. I believe this also=
> happens when I use other apps.
>

Usually the opposite happens... 

I would guess that this is a symptom of *something* activating the XQuartz 
application. Do you use any X11-based applications that are launched 
periodically or on-demand?

XQuartz comes with a feature to launch it automatically whenever an application 
attempts to read the DISPLAY env. variable. This is nice for some users, but 
tends to get in the way if you're like me and always have an XQuartz session 
running which you prefer to launch manually. (Or if you prefer to have a simple 
DISPLAY value like ":0" instead of a random socket name.)
To deactivate the feature, find the launchd plists for XQuartz, unload them 
(launchctl unload -w /path/to/the/.plist) and then remove the plists for good 
measure. I'm not on my Mac and don't remember the exact name of the file (or 
files, there might be 2).

R.

PS: I do get a similar behaviour since a few XQuartz release iterations, but 
only when I'm working in an X11 application. It used to be the case that I 
could have "native" windows reliably covering all but the active X11 window. 
It's still possible, but once every so often some event will occur that brings 
all X11 windows to the front (read: onto the same native window stack layer). 
Again, that's only when I'm already working in XQuartz so it's not a huge deal.
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