On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 05:19:45AM -0500, shawn wilson wrote: > I have two problems here but I think they're somewhat related: > > First, I have vim as an alias to a shell script that basically does: > vim --servername $USER --remote-tab $1 > and I generally run gvim --servername $USER > which means, when I open a file, gvim pops in front. However, when vim > displays a message (there's a swp file or something) keyboard focus is > still on the terminal. That is, I see vim with the file that I want > open, but when I type, I'm typing on the commandline (generally end up > with jjjjjjjkk before I realize what's happened). Perhaps not entirely a solution, but have you looked at "cream for vim" (package: cream)? That puts some niceties on GVim for example popping up a graphical dialog asking for input with regards to swap files etc. > > How do I make sure keyboard focus stays with what is being displayed? > > Second, I use matcher in urxvt - that is: > URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,matcher > so that I can have firefox open on links by clicking on them. However, > My terminal (and vim) work are in window 1 and my web browsers stay in > window 2. But, when I click on a link, firefox migrates to window 1. > How do I stop this from happening? > > Running straight xfce4 (no visualizations or other addons that I know of). The other alternative is to use something like Devil's Pie (package: devilspie) which is a scriptable Window Manager (not a full WM, but rather you can tell it things like "Firefox must always be on window 2").
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