> After my earlier post I tested with a fresh profile. The
> behavior is not the same as with my existing profile. With
> or without the useInstance check box enabled, kate will
> flash and then remain in the background. That does not
> happen with my existing profile. The same instance always
> get used but I admit I'm not knowledgeable about using
> sessions so the problem might be me.
> 
> Possibly my patch needs an if-then test against the
> useInstance or --use parameter.

Well, let's hold the favorite beverages. Now that I have my senses back after my initial shock and happiness, I am realizing that certain usage patterns still fail to force kate to grab the focus.

With my existing profile, when I launch kate for the first instance through selecting a document in konqueror, then thereafter kate raises and grabs focus. And that was pretty much the extent of my previous testing.

Now I discover when I open kate from my task bar icon, which has the --use parameter, or the mini cli (Alt-F2), and kate is configured with useInstance=true, and then open a document from konqueror into kate, kate will not raise forward or grab focus.

Even drag-and-drop will not force kate forward with the focus.

So seems my solution works great but only when used in a specific manner. The nominal consolation is that is still better than what I had previously.

Darrell