Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!aplcen!decuac!avolio From: avolio@decuac.dec.com (Frederick M. Avolio) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: DECterm and Secure Keyboard Message-ID: <2708@decuac.DEC.COM> Date: 12 Aug 89 22:58:18 GMT References: <3453@mhres.mh.nl> Sender: news@decuac.DEC.COM Organization: Digital Equipment Corp., SWS, Landover, MD Lines: 27 1. The secure keyboard is to lock keyboard focus on that one window until you unsecure it. The inverse video serves as a reminder to you that this has been done. This is because some window managers (uwm, hpwm, mwm) allow focus to follow the pointer (mouse) and your typing will end up in another window if... heck, everyone has done this so you know what I mean. 2. You can have something like this (using dxwm): ! 0 says big, 1 says small wm*WmIconForm.iconStyle: 1 wm*emacs*iconStyle: 1 wm*Mail*mainWindow.iconStyle: 0 wm*Mail*read.iconstyle: 1 wm*Mail*send.iconstyle: 1 wm*PSViewer.iconStyle: 1 wm*Paint.iconStyle: 0 wm*Calendar.iconStyle: 0 wm*Notepad.iconStyle: 0 wm*DXterm*iconStyle: 1 wm*iconBox.background: #ffffb332cccc wm*iconBox*background: #b0a3b0a3b0a3 wm*iconBox*foreground: Blue Fred