text edit in background window

[makenner@mmm.com (Martin A. Kenner)]

I have a window that is not allowed to come to the front, but that 
I would like to be able to allow the user to edit text in.

Is this possible?  It seems from the documentation that the window
must come to the front in order for the key handler to be activated;
I would really like to be able to work around this (I know it sounds 
strange, but if I had the time and energy, the explanation would
make it very clear!).

I appreciate any and all help!

Thanks in advance -

Marty Kenner