From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 13 23:46:16 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 250AB1065672 for ; Tue, 13 May 2008 23:46:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jwynstra@nyc.rr.com) Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com (hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com [71.74.56.123]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E33058FC0A for ; Tue, 13 May 2008 23:46:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jwynstra@nyc.rr.com) Received: from [74.73.126.126] by hrndva-omta01.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20080513233011.MTWY27093.hrndva-omta01.mail.rr.com@[74.73.126.126]>; Tue, 13 May 2008 23:30:11 +0000 Message-ID: <482A2489.407@nyc.rr.com> Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 19:30:17 -0400 From: John Wynstra User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20080415) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Firefox and Thunderbird annoyance in TWM X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: jwynstra@nyc.rr.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 23:46:16 -0000 I have FreeBSD 7.0 running on a PC at home which was formerly running Windows XP until I couldn't stand it anymore. I had both of the latest Thunderbird and Firefox installed on it as my mail application and web browser. Unfortunately I am unemployed so I was in the habit of using Dice via Thunderbird which when I double clicked the job advertisements would bring up the appropriate Firefox window auto magically. This is now broken. I don't know why but it is annoying. I thought it might be the pointer follows mouse focus policy but I was wrong. That is the default focus policy under my window manager (twm). BTW I had thought I was running fvwm instead of twm but evidently I was wrong in selecting the location of one of the initialization files. I use startx to start X11. An odd thing is that if I double click within Firefox as for instance when I am managing my bookmarks file it will raise the screen selected. It is only when I double click from Thunderbird that this is broken. Once in a while an odd thing like when moving the mouse over one window will raise another in addition to changing focus. Another annoyance. -- John