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>>>>> "sb" == Steven L Baur <steve@miranova.com> writes:

    sb> Barry A Warsaw writes:

    >> Hmm, what would I like it to do?  I guess I'd want a command
    >> that will let me throw focus to any uniconified, visible window

    sb> You can't do it and have it work generally with a virtual
    sb> window manager, regardless of the keyboard focus policy.

I don't understand why this is.  Don't you know whether a window is
mapped or not?  Don't most (all?) virtual WMs manage the windows on
non-visible virtual desks by mapping and unmapping the windows?  Maybe
I just don't know enough about how virtual WMs work.

