Re: Switching between windows

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When the video game is in window mode, Alt+Tab doesn't work again...
I plug a new USB keyboard but Alt+Tab doesn't work again...
The video game hasn't a little text console (pressing "~"), so Alt+Tab doesn't
work again...
So the only thing I can do is to open two X sessions (see below).
But why I lose the keyboard and mouse events on the first X session ?

Quoting Simon Bowden <[email protected]>:

> It's probably a "feature" that the game locks the keyboard (and x-server)
> during play.
>
> I know some games (enemy territory for instance) releases the full X lock
> when you bring up the little text console (pressing "~"), at which point you
> can alt-tab, and ctrl-alt-F7 to your heart's content. You might want to see
> if your video game can do likewise. A related option might be the
> "fullscreen" option, but really depends on the game engine.
>
> You could possibly make something work with an entirely separate keyboard
> device :-)
>
> On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 8:01 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am writing a guide for a video game.
> > I would like to switch between my video game's window and my text editor's
> > window a lot of times.
> > The problem is : Alt+Tab shortcut doesn't work when the video game is
> > running.
> >
> > I found a solution : open two X sessions. The first session run the game.
> > The
> > second session run the text editor. Then I can switch using Ctrl+Alt+F7 and
> > Ctrl+Alt+F8.
> >
> > This is how I do :
> > $ startx &
> > $ startx -- :1 &
> >
> > The problem is when I go the the first session using Ctrl+Alt+F7, my
> > keyboard
> > doesn't work on fluxbox, my mouse cursor move but when I click on the
> > desktop
> > nothing happened.
> >
> > Can you help me to switch between windows on fluxbox?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> >
> >
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