On 04/16/2012 03:09 PM, Norbert Zeh wrote:
At this point, I'm simply pondering what can be done about it, as one of the
reason's I'm using xmonad is that I want a lightweight desktop environment.
(When fast focus changes drive one of my cores to 50%, that's hardly
lightweight.)
Wait till you make a quick traverse, start typing, and find bits of your input scattered among several terminals, including a root shell.
Not saying xmonad's behavior is acceptable, but... I see this on OS X somewhat regularly (abusing a MacBook Air as if it were a high end desktop).