[plug] Microsoft Vs Linux ...

[Trevor Phillips]

Kim Covil wrote:
> 
> As for returning to Windows after Linux/X ... I can help you with this
> one...
> > No X-mouse!
> 
> There is a little package of utils on the microsoft site called
> PowerToys or somesuch thing... and inside are a few useful little
> gizmos one of which is called XMouse which handles giving windows focus
> and auto-raising them (but not middle button paste which is a shame)

I know there are tweaks and hacks to make Windoze more like the Linux
environ I'm used to (funny; I used to hate that "Focus follows mouse"),
but it's an extra for Windoze that often doesn't work quite right. I
have virtual desktops under Windoze, but the apps aren't aware of it. So
if I close one, and focus goes to another app, it'll often change
desktops, which can get rather infuriating. Been a while since I used
Windoze XMouse, but I seem to remember some quirks with it as well, due
to apps not really expecting that behaviour...

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