Bug#493739: openarena: OpenArena should let the WindowManager handle special key combos (i.e. Alt+Tab) and more...

[Valentin QUEQUET]

Package: openarena
Version: 0.7.7-1
Severity: normal


Hello all,

I would like OpenArena to be more friendly towards the user and allow this:

  - Let [configurable] key combos (i.e. Alt+Tab) leak to the WindowManager,
     whether OpenArena is Windowed or FullScreen.
      (Or sees only key combos/strokes not useful to the WindowManager.)

  - If FullScreen, become a normal or iconified Window if it is no longer
     the Application the user wants on top of the others (with the focus).

  - Allow a (optional) mode when Windowed where OpenArena would not grab the
     Mouse Cursor. And Never Forget to release the Mouse Grab whenever
     not the Current Application.

  - Possibly (user taste) Pause on Current Application change.

p.s.: I Imagine OpenArena should never be the Master at intercepting key
strokes. I should be a Slave which cannot see Key Combos useful to the
WindowManager.

I hope my report will prove useful.

Sincerely,
Valentin.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages openarena depends on:
hi  libc6                     2.7-10         GNU C Library: Shared libraries
hi  libcurl3-gnutls           7.18.2-5       Multi-protocol file transfer libra
hi  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]  7.0.3-5        A free implementation of the OpenG
hi  libogg0                   1.1.3-4        Ogg Bitstream Library
hi  libopenal1                1:1.3.253-5    Software implementation of the Ope
hi  libsdl1.2debian           1.2.13-2       Simple DirectMedia Layer
hi  libvorbis0a               1.2.0.dfsg-3.1 The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
hi  libvorbisfile3            1.2.0.dfsg-3.1 The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
hi  openarena-data            0.7.7-1        OpenArena game data

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