[Info-vax] DECwindows: keep a window always on top?

[Rich Jordan]

On Sep 16, 1:35 pm, koeh... at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob
Koehler) wrote:
> In article <551b0d69-f255-4759-96bd-a7001137b... at s6g2000vbp.googlegroups.com>, Rich Jordan <jor... at ccs4vms.com> writes:
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> > Way back in the dim dark recesses I recall having my pre-Motif
> > DECwindows VAXstation allowing windows to be selected for input focus
> > without moving to the top; one of the window corner widgets did the
> > popping, but clicking in the window itself would select it without
> > moving it up.
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>    Yep, I miss that.
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> > I think it was a line entry in one of the setup files but I don't have
> > a record of it; the disk with VMS V5.5-2 and the old DECwindows is
> > sitting on a shelf these days though the workstation is still in use
> > (it turned 20 this past August based on purchase date ;)
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> > When Motif came out I put in a call to DEC to find out how to keep
> > this behavior and was told it was not possible; Motif was 'copying'
> > aspects of the ms-windows interface as standard and automatic pop on
> > selection was a mandatory feature of the interface.  I never pursued
> > it further.
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>    IIRC pre-Motif X11 had "modal" dialog boxes which would always be on
>    top.  Motif removed that.

Motif also f*cked with the mouse button actions to make things more
windows-like.  I strongly disapproved.