[Pan-users] Re: Get that edit window out of my way!

[Lionel B]

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:51:41 +0000, Duncan wrote:

> "Peter B. Steiger" <address@hidden>
> posted
> address@hidden,
> excerpted below, on  Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:37:12 -0600:
> 
>> Recently I noticed that when I'm posting an article - new or reply -
>> the article edit window remains in the foreground, even when I alt-TAB
>> or deliberately click on the main window with the group and article
>> lists. Sometimes I need to reference one or more previous articles, so
>> I need to get the edit window out of the way to read those articles...
>> but I can't.  Was this change intentional?  Is it something I can
>> control through config files?
>> 
>> It didn't used to work that way - in previous versions, selecting the
>> main window would bring it to the foreground on top of the article edit
>> window.  I'm 88.42% sure this is just Pan, because none of my other
>> apps have changed behavior.
>> 
>> I'm running 0.115 on Linux kernel 2.6.16, x.org 7.10, and fluxbox
>> window manager 0.9.15.1, all built from source with gcc 3.4.6.  I'll
>> probably play with 0.116 this weekend, but I didn't see anything in the
>> release notes that indicated a change in window positioning.
> 
> That has been noted before, and possibly a bug filed.  I notice it but
> like the feature and will probably setup a kwin special window config
> for it to do that after the feature is removed (assuming it is).
> However, I have dual 1600x1200 21" monitors, so if I need to, I just
> move it out of the way.  Not all folks could do that.
> 
> I do expect it's seriously annoying for some, tho, and have actually
> been expecting the "feature" to disappear, despite the fact that it
> works well here.

I'll second that... the editor window doesn't seem to play nice with
fluxbox (eg. minimising it minimises the entire app, or group of tabbed
apps).

Also, it used to be resizable - I'd like to see that back too. And an
undo/redo facility would be nice...

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Lionel B