Hi Darryl, yep, true... you can send a program to a specific desktop but in this particular case about YaST that Carlos has pointed out (it also happens to me with Skype, for example) the application takes the focus, no matter on which desktop you are working on... I also run different programs in different desktops but, by now, I only know how to send them to a desktop, not how to force them. I'll take a closer look at the "window-specific settings" you mention when I'm back at home... Cheers, Martin ----- Original Message ---- From: Darryl Gregorash <raven@accesscomm.ca> To: opensuse@opensuse.org Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 6:56:10 PM Subject: Re: [opensuse] Yast bad manners On 2007-02-19 09:55, Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Monday 2007-02-19 at 07:47 -0800, Martin Mielke wrote:
Hi Carlos,
I don't know whether this is a feature or not but this happens to me as well using 10.2 and KDE.
So it is not a gnome problem. We know something more :-)
In KDE, you can force a program not to steal focus. You can also force it onto a specific desktop. I haven't used them, so don't know how well they work, but I have got into the habit of loading various programs in different desktops, mostly to avoid desktop clutter. I haven't used Gnome at all, so don't know if/how you would approach it there, but once Yast loads, you could try a right-click on the title bar, left click on properties, and look for "window-specific settings" in the pop-up. -- Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. -- HG Wells -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Tuesday 2007-02-20 at 02:06 -0800, Martin Mielke wrote: Note: you are using a broken mailer (webmail): it breaks threading.
yep, true... you can send a program to a specific desktop but in this particular case about YaST that Carlos has pointed out (it also happens to me with Skype, for example) the application takes the focus, no matter on which desktop you are working on...
Absolutely. OOo does the same. I have some files that take a minute or so to open, so I try to open on their own workspace and continue working on another... useless. OOo grabs the focus away and I find myself trying to type into a not fully loaded instance. Too bad manners :-/
I also run different programs in different desktops but, by now, I only know how to send them to a desktop, not how to force them. I'll take a closer look at the "window-specific settings" you mention when I'm back at home...
I think kde has some such adjustements; gnome can have them, I think, using a different window manager. By default it uses metacity, but I have been unable to switch to a different one like windomaker or enlightment: cer@nimrodel:~> killall metacity && windowmaker & [2] 797 cer@nimrodel:~> wmaker fatal error: it seems that there is already a window manager running [2]+ Done killall metacity && windowmaker cer@nimrodel:~> metacity respawns so fast that windowmaker doesn't get a chance :-( In order to change it, I have had to rename the metacity binary! nimrodel:~ # mv /opt/gnome/bin/metacity /opt/gnome/bin/metacity.no And yes, windowmaker does have an option to "do not let it take focus" (and it works). Unfortunately, it doesn't integrate perfectly: I get a bunch of windomaker icons, most of which do not work (the configuration icon, for instance). So... I have to return to metacity: nimrodel:~ # mv /opt/gnome/bin/metacity.no /opt/gnome/bin/metacity cer@nimrodel:~> killall wmaker && metacity & - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFF2uQ5tTMYHG2NR9URAnzWAJoCWMiCFAuXYV9z1M37xzlZcckXsACdEozE LN0wPJTBLIsmWoQaDVACb/o= =9Qiw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Tuesday 2007-02-20 at 02:06 -0800, Martin Mielke wrote:
Hi Darryl,
yep, true... you can send a program to a specific desktop but in this particular case about YaST that Carlos has pointed out (it also happens to me with Skype, for example) the application takes the focus, no matter on which desktop you are working on...
Correction. In gnome, if Yast/You is started on another workspace, and minimized, it un-mimizes as soon as it tries to pop up a message window (like a progress info window), but it doesn't grab the focus away from a different workspace. I tried this and it works. Minimizing in the current worspace doesn't work, it pops up and grabs the focus. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFF3Q/RtTMYHG2NR9URApInAJ99+cmKvHbQeMUZYa04FGzjWYPmzgCeK3nB g+pMCyo1zVjSdrxZcQGrSqU= =wyIQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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