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Re: Auto change window focus (OS X) [message #42201] Tue, 18 January 2005 13:14
btt is currently offline  btt
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Kenneth Bowman wrote:
> In article <Pine.OSX.4.61.0501181441120.28119@gouda.local>,
> Ken Mankoff <mankoff@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>> Maybe it is time for me to switch from xterm to Terminal, and from
>> emacs to Emacs.app?
>
>
> Emacs should certainly work in a Terminal window.
>
> I prefer a Mac-like point and click editor. As it turns out, the
> excellent BBEdit text editor is now available in a free version called
> TextWrangler (barebones.com). If you like it, you can upgrade to the
> full version, which includes CVS hooks, html formatting, and other
> gewgaws that appeal to those that know how to use them (myself not among
> them).
>

Hi,

Another nice shareware MacOSX editor is SubEthaEdit which you can find at
(http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/)

Larry Van Peursem coded up the IDL syntax highlighting mode for it - it's slick.

Ben
Re: Auto change window focus (OS X) [message #42202 is a reply to message #42201] Tue, 18 January 2005 13:02 Go to previous message
K. Bowman is currently offline  K. Bowman
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In article <Pine.OSX.4.61.0501181441120.28119@gouda.local>,
Ken Mankoff <mankoff@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Maybe it is time for me to switch from xterm to Terminal, and from
> emacs to Emacs.app?

Emacs should certainly work in a Terminal window.

I prefer a Mac-like point and click editor. As it turns out, the
excellent BBEdit text editor is now available in a free version called
TextWrangler (barebones.com). If you like it, you can upgrade to the
full version, which includes CVS hooks, html formatting, and other
gewgaws that appeal to those that know how to use them (myself not among
them).

Ken Bowman
Re: Auto change window focus (OS X) [message #42204 is a reply to message #42202] Tue, 18 January 2005 11:57 Go to previous message
KM is currently offline  KM
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Kenneth Bowman wrote:
> Ken Mankoff <mankoff@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I run IDL from Terminal.app using Apple's X11. If I open a window
> with WINDOW, the graphics window appears in the foreground, but
> keyboard focus remains in the Terminal window.

Hmmm.. fascinating...

Maybe it is time for me to switch from xterm to Terminal, and from
emacs to Emacs.app?

I have been loathe to do this, but if there is no other way, maybe
I'll give it a shot. I'm sure I'll be happy in an Aqua world once I
get used to it.

Thanks,

-k.
http://spacebit.dyndns.org/
Re: Auto change window focus (OS X) [message #42205 is a reply to message #42204] Tue, 18 January 2005 11:24 Go to previous message
K. Bowman is currently offline  K. Bowman
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In article <Pine.OSX.4.61.0501181144080.28009@gouda.local>,
Ken Mankoff <mankoff@yahoo.com> wrote:

I run IDL from Terminal.app using Apple's X11. If I open a window with
WINDOW, the graphics window appears in the foreground, but keyboard
focus remains in the Terminal window.

If I do the same thing from an xterm window, keyboard focus switches to
the graphics window.

Maybe using Terminal instead of an xterm will do what you want?
Terminal windows work differently than xterm windows in other regards
(e.g., copying and pasting), so you may want to experiment.

Ken Bowman
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