Re: rootless mode and mousing to other windows

["Thomas Chadwick" <j_tetazoo at hotmail dot com>]

Is it as simple as patching XWin to call XSetInputFocus() with a focus 
argument of "None" when MS Windows informs it that it has lost focus?

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> I agree -rootless rocks. And a -systray option would be great.
>
> But one thing that I'd really like to be able to do now that
> -rootless is around is be able to have all X windows become
> inactive when a Windows window is selected. When I switch to
> X-Windows, all of the Windows-style windows become inactive.
> I'd like the reverse to happen as well. Otherwise, when I
> switch out of X-Windows, the most-recently-selected window
> in X is shown as active even though it isn't. It's actually
> worse than that, since a cursor is shown in both windows.
>
> I'm not sure what this is equivalent to in X terms. Perhaps
> mousing to another screen? Has anyone given any thought to
> this? I'd be willing to take a shot at an implementation if
> given enough of a nudge in the right direction.
>
> -Jerry Williams

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