[Xcb] Why is my XCB program calling GetInputFocus?

[Eamon Walsh]

Barton C Massey wrote:
> In message <1193453140.18818.49.camel at koto.keithp.com> you wrote:
>> On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 21:43 -0400, Eamon Walsh wrote:
>>> Is that being used to sync?
>> Uh, yeah, it's kinda a common request to use; xlib and xcb both use it
>> for synchronizing the protocol. You're going to have to make this work;
>> every client on the planet probably uses it. I know the 'don't lie'
>> plans for this stuff, but I don't know what else you can do here.
> 
> You could define a server extension for syncing the
> protocol, or add a request to an existing extension; we'd be
> happy to make XCB use it where available.  Or, as you say,
> we could try to make an error return work, although
> obviously I'm less excited about that.
> 
> But as Keithp points out, legacy applications are always
> going to lose if you don't allow them to complete random
> GetInputFocus requests.
> 
> It would have been nice if there had been a pure "no-op with
> reply" in the core protocol for this purpose, but sadly
> there is none.
> 
> 	Bart
> 

Let me state for the record that I volunteer to sit on the version 12 
design committee.  At least then I'll have myself to blame.


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Eamon Walsh <ewalsh at tycho.nsa.gov>
National Security Agency