On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 12:19:34PM +0100, nev young wrote:
That is, I want to be able to specify that the foreground task I am using does not lose focus unless I tell it to.
A bit of experimenting later... If you're using compiz then there is an option found once you've installed compizconfig-settings-manager and run ccsm. There's a button for "general options" and under there a tab "focus and raise behaviour" with an option for "focus prevention level" which is something about trying to stop stuff stealing focus.
Of course if you're not using compiz this won't be helpful, I'm having a bit of a play now and it appears to have improved things somewhat, I might even try to read the docs next.
Adam