xterm windows not exposing correctly when switching spaces
xterm windows not exposing correctly when switching spaces
- Subject: xterm windows not exposing correctly when switching spaces
- From: David Borman <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:42:08 -0500
Hi,
I'm running Snow Leopard 10.6.1 on a not quite 3 year old MacBook
Pro. I'm seeing some bizarre behavior with my overlapping xterm
windows when switching spaces, so I'm looking here to see if anyone
has any answers.
My typical setup is using 4 spaces, arranged 2x2. I use space #1 for
most of the time, but put all my X11 stuff in space #2, usually a
bunch of xterm windows. What I've been seeing is that sometimes when
I switch to space #1 using <option><left arrow> and then back to space
#2 using <option><right arrow>, the xterm that was in front and in
focus is no longer displayed on top, but is still in focus, even
though it is half buried. If I click the mouse anywhere over where
that window is, even if it is obscured by another xterm window, it'll
pop back up to the top in front of the other windows.
Now, some further information. I start up X11 from an X11 icon in my
dock. I have a .xinitrc, and it fires up two xterm windows just
before starting quartz-wm, and it is these two windows in particular
that seem to be susceptible to this behavior. Other xterms that I've
started up from the X11 applications menu don't seem to exhibit this.
I have "Focus Follows Mouse" set, as well as "Click-through Inactive
Windows".
Everything works as it should, except these two windows, if they have
focus when I switch away and back, they get displayed behind all the
other xterm windows, but respond as if they are still in the same
relative layering position as when I switched away spaces and back.
One other tidbit, if I use F8 to switch spaces, this problem doesn't
happen. If I use <option><arrow> to switch away, and then use F8 to
switch back, it doesn't happen. If I use F8 to switch away, and then
use <option><arrow> to switch back, the problem does happen. So the
problem appears to be when using <option><arrow> to switch to the
space with X11, not when switching away from the space with the X11.
Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated.
-David Borman
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