[vox-tech] Window Managers

Bill Kendrick nbs at sonic.net
Wed Apr 22 11:43:00 PDT 2009


On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 01:38:44PM -0500, Chanoch (Ken) Bloom wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-04-22 at 11:31 -0700, Brian Lavender wrote:
> > 
> > Dumb question. How do you have [X] ignore Alt-Tab?
> 
> It's not X that intercepts the Alt-Tab. It's your window manager. So it
> will depend on which window manager you're using.

And therein lies the thing that I love about Linux/Unix desktops, and
utterly abhore on MS Windows.  The thorough separation of window manager and
applications.  Windows does not have it, and that _REALLY IRRITATES ME_.

-bill!


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