[NTLUG:Discuss] Blackbox

[Fred James]

severian at pobox.com wrote:

> Howdy,
>   Are there any blackbox users out there who can help?  It seems like 
> a very nice small window manager, but there is one "bug" that I have 
> not figured out how to fix.  When the mouse cursor moves out of the 
> terminal window, then characters I am typing no longer get sent to the 
> window.  I bet this is a feature, although I can't imagine why anyone 
> would want it.  I am trying to use blackbox as the window manager on a 
> minimal system that is mostly just a a Freeswan box.
>   The default focus model seems a little odd, but I have figured out 
> part of my problem by web searching and reading the man page.  If the 
> keystroke problem is addressed, then I missed it.
> Thank you,
> Ralph
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I don't know about Blackbox, but that "focus" method (pointer must be on 
window to maintain focus) is very SGI, and therefore I would venture to 
guess, very MAC.

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