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Re: Insight II problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert A Basch)
Wed Mar 27 12:30:14 2002
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To: Jean Foster <jfoster@MIT.EDU>
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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 12:30:12 -0500
From: Robert A Basch <rbasch@MIT.EDU>
Hi Jean,
> We've found a workaround for him by having him use the old dash
> interface so this is more an FYI than anything. If you do have
> any suggestions that might fix the problem, let me know.
> [...]
> > once the insightII gui has fired up, I click on the MSI icon in the
> > upper left corner and select Polymerizer. once that loads, I select
> > the Repeat_unit/Get pulldown menu item. this brings up a parameter
> > window. I select any of the libraries under "type of repeat unit"
> > and attempt to select one of the molecules that then appears in the
> > gui by clicking on the molecule. this should fill in the spaces on
> > the parameter window. canceling and trying this again after dragging
> > the gui around leads to misplacement of the parameter window.
I have investigated the problem a bit. There is a problem in the
interaction between the program and the sawfish window manager with
respect to the placement of the parameter window. It is not yet
clear to me where the placement problem lies, but the problem seems
to be triggered because the main window is raised above the parameter
window when the molecule selection is done -- the user is then compelled
to move the main window so that the parameter window is exposed again.
This seems to mess up subsequent placements of the parameter window.
The user might consider disabling our default global window manager
binding for mouse button 1 of "Raise and pass through click". This
is what is causing the main window to be raised above the parameter
window when the molecule selection is done.
Note that deleting this window binding will keep *any* window from
being raised when you click inside it, which may not be desirable.
To delete the window binding, do the following:
1. Use the middle button in the root window (background) to bring up
sawfish's root menu.
2. From the root menu, select Customize -> Bindings. This brings
up the sawfish configurator window.
3. Select the Window Context.
4. Select the entry for Button1-Click1, by default bound to "Raise
and pass through click", and Delete it.
If you do delete the binding, you will probably want to add a Title
binding for Button1-Click1 to raise the window. (<Alt>-<uparrow>
can also be used to raise a window which has focus).
We will have a new version of sawfish in Athena 9.1, so I will soon
test to see if the problem behavior is affected there.
Bob
