My ddd window doesn't take any keyboard input when my mouse cursor is moved out of the window. Although ddd window is still active, but it doesn't take any inputs. I will have to move my mouse over its window to make it work again. Is there a way to configure it in a way that it takes the input no matter where the mouse pointer is, just like any other X window, xterm for example.
A:
Your are under unix, right? That depends on your window manager. The current behavior is called "focus follow mouse."
OTOH, the commenter is right to point out that if DDD is the only program showing this problem, it might be something else. One idea is to turn of some tool auto raise magic, as indicated in the manual.
js
2009-11-27 09:01:00
I would have liked the question to be clearer, but while your answer is the same as comes naturally to me, I don't think that's it. The "just like any other X window, xterm for example" makes me think there's something special about `ddd` the OP is asking about.
Pascal Cuoq
2009-11-27 09:17:10
Thats right I am on linux. But all the other windows on my system doesnt behave like this. I never want this feature "focus follow mouse", it happens only for my ddd window
MnshSnghl
2009-11-27 09:18:12
A:
If ddd implements some sort of follow-focus itself instead of relying on the window manager, I am afraid that it's not going to be easy to prevent it. The good news is that ddd doesn't do anything very smart, it's just a front-end for real debuggers (say, gdb). So if you don't find any way to fix it, you can easily switch to any other front-end (say, Emacs).
Pascal Cuoq
2009-11-27 09:29:47