> I would rather not leave the KDE environment, as I need to have access to > several KDE applications while writing. I do not know whether or not the KDE > window manager (kwm) can be configured to autoraise windows?
It used to have this feature but I haven't checked lately. However, I've never found anybody liking fat window managers _and_ this feature at the same time, so I'd surprise if you wanted to use KDE with 'auroraise'. It feels very different and 'un-Windows-ish'... Andre'