Re: [dev] Bug (feature) in Swing applications (Netbeans)

Thanks for the pointers. I have another very weird issue now:

I open a terminal, I set wmname LG3D, I type netbeans, it starts.
Switching the tags in DWM maintains focus (yupee!!).

So, I decided to make up my own script to start netbeans that just does
wmname LG3D && netbeans
and when I run it from DMENU, switching tags fails. I assume that
wmname needs a container or an environment?

I can live with a terminal open that is set on tag 9 or something, but
I would much rather run netbeans from DMENU.

Thanks,

Catalin

On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Andrew Hills <hills.as_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> When I'm using Java software that fails in dwm, I run the wmname tool.
>
> For details: http://tools.suckless.org/wmname
>
> --Andrew Hills
>
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Catalin David
> <catalindavid2003_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Thanks for the great work that you are doing with DWM. Been using it
>> and reading your rants for the past 2 years, but I have stumbled
>> across a bug today and I am not sure what is to be done.
>>
>> First of all, thanks in advance for the bashing of Java and Swing and
>> how they are not working on Linux. I am using DWM 5.8.2 and the
>> problem comes with Netbeans and has been reported on other WM-s too
>> (sun-java6). Everything lives on top of a customized Ubuntu Natty
>> distribution. I have a dual-head setup, powered by an ATI HD5650 video
>> card.
>>
>> Steps to reproduce the issue:
>>
>> 1. open Netbeans (or other Swing app) in one tag. Make sure the editor has focus
>> 2. navigate to another tag (either via kb or click on the tag)
>> 3. navigate back to Netbeans tag
>> 4. editor does not have focus any more.
>>
>> Related documentation -- apparently this is a known bug in other WMs
>> too and Oracle people just say that the besides GNOME and KDE, they do
>> not support anything else.
>>
>> Issue in ion3 ML:
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/ion-general@lists.berlios.de/msg03073.html
>> Issue in XMonad: http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=177
>> Official Sun / Oracle bug report: http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=6798064
>>
>> Maybe some of you can make more sense about this than me, since I am
>> very inexperienced with X programming in C. Maybe it's a known issue,
>> but I was not able to find any reference in DWM on the interwebs.
>>
>> Thanks a lot in advance,
>>
>> Catalin
>>
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>> Catalin David
>> M.Sc. Smart Systems 2012
>> B.Sc. Computer Science 2010
>> Jacobs University Bremen
>>
>> Phone: +49-(0)1577-49-38-667
>>
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Catalin David
M.Sc. Smart Systems 2012
B.Sc. Computer Science 2010
Jacobs University Bremen
Phone: +49-(0)1577-49-38-667
Hans-Hermann-Sieling-Strasse 2A
Bremen, 28759
Germany
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