IceWM patches

IceWM is a nice window manager for X. It is still regularly updated. However, recent versions have some usability problems so I have written some patches to fix these issues. These patches work for 1.2.35 and with some lower versions as well.

Disable focus stealing

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Disables firefox taking focus.
To reproduce: open firefox 3 (beta) and quick search using /
Now switch to another application or workspace and after 5 seconds firefox decides it needs focus, so you get switched back to firefox, possibly on another workspace.
This is of course ridiculous behaviour. This patch prevents any app from using this technique.

Prevent applications flashing in the taskbar

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Disables the taskbar from flashing.
This happens for example when you quick-search in Firefox and switch to another workspace.
Suddenly Firefox starts flashing in the taskbar of your new workspace.
Alt-tab switches to firefox instead of the next window on the current workspace.
This patch disables flashing altogether.

Preload menu with icons at startup

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Load menus at startup.
Medium or large sized menus with PNG icons take some time to load for the first time.
This patch reverts the old behavior by preloading the menu, which saves some time.

Disable the taskbar stealing focus in fullscreen applications

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Disable taskbar popping up when running a full screen app.
When playing a video with mplayer, moving the mouse cursor to the taskbar location will pop up the taskbar above the video.
This is of course not what you want so this patch fixes this behavior.