From: Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks>
Subject: Re: Where Are The Computer Companies?
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
References: <pan$29b7b$b7a507ca$65fa7e80$6d363bdf@gnu.rocks> <4xudnYJGWODS66H1nZ2dnZfqn_WdnZ2d@supernews.com> <101lg9s$3j9qp$10@dont-email.me> <WKKcnZq31fJNHKL1nZ2dnZfqn_WdnZ2d@supernews.com> <101o2pt$br8d$1@dont-email.me> <nxWdndBfr87lBqL1nZ2dnZfqnPqdnZ2d@supernews.com> <684330ec$0$8581$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <101vrng$2gmhs$4@dont-email.me> <1026a2g$evvu$7@dont-email.me> <slrn104dlsm.a47.rotflol2@geidiprime.bvh> <184761d0b0b162a8$108249$7034$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <slrn104g36n.l1t.rotflol2@geidiprime.bvh>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Message-Id: <pan$43046$f5fd02ba$152f78e1$1f44db8c@linux.rocks>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Lines: 44
Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.usenetexpress.com!not-for-mail
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 19:05:21 +0000
Nntp-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 19:05:21 +0000
X-Received-Bytes: 2377
X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetexpress.com
Organization: UsenetExpress - www.usenetexpress.com

On Tue, 10 Jun 2025 10:45:44 -0000 (UTC), Borax Man wrote:

> 
> I use focus follows mouse at home, and Windows at work.  I do believe I
> had focus follows mouse at work as well on Windows.
> 

I don't use Winblows a lot but, AFAIK, the focus-follows-mouse will also
raise the window in focus.  For me this is very unacceptable.

With my GNU/Linux window manager, I can configure that the focus granted
will also not raise the window, and this will greatly facilitate copy/paste
operations.

To be clear, there are two issues here:

1) Granting focus to the chosen window

2) Mandating whether or not the window that is granted focus will be raised
or not.

In GNU/Linux (at least in my custom build) I can configure my GUI to
do any combination.
 

>
> Most of my "copy and paste" issues have to do with not wanting to copy
> formatting, or people putting images of extracts of Excel data in
> documents, which I have to *type* into another document because I can't
> copy and paste.  ITs how colleagues share data that is the issue, having
> to alt-tab is in comparison, minor.  Clunky management of data is a far
> bigger problem.
>

Well that is a whole other story.  Most people who use Winblows are
digitally illiterate but the fact that Winblows is designed to accomodate
them attests to its shortcomings.





-- 
Systemd: solving all the problems that you never knew you had.