Regressions in window focus behavior

[James Hawkins]

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 10:12:59 -0500, Paul Rupe <prupe at myrealbox.com> wrote:
> The move of update region handling to wineserver
> (http://www.winehq.org/hypermail/wine-cvs/2004/12/0100.html) back in
> December caused a regression in Hamster 2.0.0.1.  After this patch, Hamster
> steals focus constantly.  When I switch virtual desktops in KDE, it
> immediately switches back and reactivates the Hamster window.  This is even
> with KDE's "Prevent focus stealing" set to Extreme.  Hamster can be
> downloaded from <http://www.tglsoft.de/misc/hamster_en.htm>.
> 
> Another patch from Jan 31
> (http://www.winehq.org/hypermail/wine-cvs/2005/01/0724.html) provokes the
> same behavior in Remedy.  Switching to another desktop or minimizing
> the window yanks me back to it immediately.
> 
> Both apps seem to be resisting the hide message from the window manager, but
> I don't understand the interaction of these patches well enough.
> 
> --
> Paul Rupe   <prupe at myrealbox.com>                "She smiled, in the end."
> 
> 

This pattern is also observed with Ares Lite.  Trying to minimize the
application causes it to pop right back up.

-- 
James Hawkins