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From: Rich <rich@example.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Distros specifically designed for children
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2025 14:59:29 -0000 (UTC)
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Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> wrote:
> Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
>>Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> wrote:
>>> I also like focus-follows-mouse and find myself frequently typing
>>> consciously into a window that is not on the top.
>>
>>I do the same (Fvwm2 is configured to do 'focus follows mouse'.  And I 
>>often am typing into an xterm (urxvt now) somewhere that is not on top.
>>
>>However, I did see (no idea of where anymore) one reference that the 
>>idiot savants that have brought us systemd and gnome have decided for 
>>us that the MS Win stupidity of "keyboard focus must always equal 
>>window on top" from MSWin is "the one true way" with their wayland 
>>system.
> 
> I use KDE Plasma on a systemd system with wayland and have numerous
> options to configure focus and window layering options without having
> to go to third-party tweaks for my window manager.

And, as you are using 'focus follows mouse' mode, that would mean that 
whatver 'reference' I saw was/is either:

1) outdated; or
2) incorrect.