Re: [RP] Focus problems

[Torbjörn Söderstedt]

Then let me report another scenario. Opening the Ratpoison prompt while Opera is
starting (before the window becomes visible) will also cause the same problem.

Torbjörn


On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 04:07:17PM +0100, Michael wrote:
> I've had this problem as well, in the same scenario - try to copy and
> past, using C-y, from the window to the Ratpoison prompt. The senario is
> when I want to copy select and copy more than one item to the prompt,
> otherwise I make the selection before bringing up the prompt.
>
> Once the focus leaves the prompt, by clicking on the window, I can't
> find any way of getting the focus to return to the prompt.
>
> The only solution is to restart the X server.
>
> Michael
>
>
> On 10.02.01, Brian May wrote:
> > I have have this focus problem several times now, it basically requires 
> > either
> > clever thinking or restarting the X server to recover.
> >
> > To reproduce (I think - I don't want to try again right now):
> >
> > 1. open firefire.
> > 2. type c-t ! to open up the ratpoison prompt.
> > 3. select some text from the firefox window.
> >
> > The firefox window now has this focus. There does not appear to be any way 
> > of
> > restoring focus to the ratpoison command prompt. Clicking in it does 
> > nothing.
> > Any ratpoison command sequence results in the ratpoison window flashing, but
> > focus is not restored. This in turn means it is not possible to change to
> > another window, start new programs, etc. In fact opening new windows from
> > firefox doesn't seem to work either.
> >
> > Somehow I did recover last time, not sure what I did. Basically I right 
> > clicked
> > on the firefox window and tried the different options in sequence.
> > --
> > Brian May <address@hidden>
> >
> >
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