12 Mar
2012
12 Mar
'12
5:03 a.m.
After my earlier post I tested with a fresh profile.
The
behavior is not the same as with my existing profile. With
or without the useInstance check box enabled, kate will
flash and then remain in the background. That does not
happen with my existing profile. The same instance always
get used but I admit I'm not knowledgeable about using
sessions so the problem might be me.
Possibly my patch needs an if-then test against the
useInstance or --use parameter.
Well, let's hold the favorite beverages. Now that I have my senses back after my
initial shock and happiness, I am realizing that certain usage patterns still fail to
force kate to grab the focus.
With my existing profile, when I launch kate for the first instance through selecting a
document in konqueror, then thereafter kate raises and grabs focus. And that was pretty
much the extent of my previous testing.
Now I discover when I open kate from my task bar icon, which has the --use parameter, or
the mini cli (Alt-F2), and kate is configured with useInstance=true, and then open a
document from konqueror into kate, kate will not raise forward or grab focus.
Even drag-and-drop will not force kate forward with the focus.
So seems my solution works great but only when used in a specific manner. The nominal
consolation is that is still better than what I had previously.
Darrell