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Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:51:34 -0500
From: john@csplan9.rit.edu
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Subject: Re: [9fans] rio Peculiarities
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> Having a window which is `current' and `visible' but not on `top'
> gives rise to some effects of concern.  For example, scrolling this
> current window is cause for massive load on the system; if there are
> windows on top, making them current requires hiding the current one
> (clicking on them is ineffective).  My use for being in such a
> situation is, e.g., scrolling some acme body in the background while
> doing something with an rc window on the foreground (since my acme
> window takes up a large part of the screen).
>
>
> Not particularly important, but an interesting case nonetheless,
> ak

How exactly are you making a window current without bringing it to the
top?


John