* edwardsa <edwardsa@afrl.kirtland.af.mil> [2006-06-21 16:33]: [...] > You have only two choices, and neither produce the prior behavior for > new windows. "smart" apparently looks at the focus behavior, which only > changes the interaction of the mouse with the window. That is to say, > once the window is created, focus_mode decides whether focus is given > by clicking or simple placement of the cursor. It does not effect > whether new windows are automatically raised. That is really my point. > Currently, metacity is a "Have it our way" window manager. > > I have run the same application (molden, a molecular visualization > tool) in KDE and I am able to exercise complete control over new > windows. The default was exactly the same behavior as in gnome, but I > could change it with the configure window behavior option. I was also > able to alter the annoying behavior of firefox, described previously, > where new instances of the browser are initiated behind other windows. > > I have looked fairly carefully at the metacity.schemas file and I have > not found a way to alter the window behavior to customize metacity. I'm > now using KDE because gnome/metacity had diminished my productivty. I > miss the simplicity of gnome's presentation and would use it again if > it met my needs. I realize that simplicity is one of the driving > considerations for metacity. However, to misquote Einstein entirely out > of context, things should be made as simple as possible, and no > simpler. I would say that metacity is now a little too simple. [...] You could always use another window manager with GNOME. I used GNOME for a short period, and didn't like metacity either, so I just used openbox. Now I just use openbox + perlpanel (no GNOME). Of course, openbox may not be what you want either, but you might be able to find another window manager that is. - Felix -- Felix C. Stegerman <flx@obfusk.net> http://obfusk.net ~ "Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature." ~ -- R. Kulawiec ~ vim: set ft=mail tw=70 sw=2 sts=2 et:
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