Re: Ratpoison losing input focus after fullscreen

Jeff Abrahamson <[email protected]> Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:42:08 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.window-managers.ratpoison.devel
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Hi, Thomas.

Which build or distro install are you using?
Is this true even for something like a terminal?

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On 13 January 2015 at 12:23, Thomas Kreuzer <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hello everyone!
>
> I have a question regarding ratpoison and its input focus policy.
> When I use a program in fullscreen mode ratpoison loses keyboard control
> and I am unable to do anything at all.
>
> I.e. if I run ratpoison with KODI (formerly XBMC) I can't use my keyboard
> at all in KODI (since v14 KODI only gets keyboard events when focused, it
> used to work before).
>
> If I run retroarch in fullscreen mode, I can use my keyboard, but after I
> quit it, ratpoison is rendered unusable because now raptpoison seems to
> have lost focus, and doesn't take any keyboard events anymore.
>
> I think ratpoison does not retake the application focus from X, and my
> question is: Is this a bug or a feature? :D
>
> regards,
> Thomas
>
>
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