How do I configure KDE and kwin so that the window for a new application launched from an existing application, an icon, or the panel gets focus automatically and doesn't appear below other windows? This was the default behavior in gnome with the sawfish or metacity window managers.
Here are examples of problems I'm having. (1) I launch a terminal to download a file with wget from a mozilla menu item (using the mozex extension). The terminal window materializes behind the browser window so I don't even know it's there. It takes clicks and reshuffling of the desktop to find it. Terminals launched from within emacs have the same problem. In contrast, a terminal launched from the panel rises to the top and has focus. (2) Using a gnome-terminal, I launch mozilla from the command line. If there are no other instances of mozilla, the new mozilla window rises to the top and takes focus away from the shell window as I would like and expect; however, if there is an existing mozilla window, the new mozilla window goes behind the old mozilla window and does not get focus. Perhaps more surprising, the same is true if mozilla is launched from the panel. When emacs is the "new application", it rises to the top and takes focus in all situations, as desired. I tried using the "configure window behavior/focus" and "configure window behavior/window-specific settings/preferences" menu items from the title bar but couldn't get the results I wanted. I also tried switching to sawfish (still with KDE), which did solve the focus problems, but I lost the ability to move a window from one desktop to another (among other things). Gnome/sawfish has this ability, but it must come from Gnome. KDE/kwin also has this ability, but it must come from kwin. Thanks in advance for your help. Win -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
