Re: Frames getting raised all the time

[Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>]

"Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu.emacs.bug/news/@rum.cs.yale.edu> writes:

> > Sure, but what if I *wanted* that frame partially hidden by something? Why
> > would this logic not apply to every other application? Should mozilla raise
> > it's windows every time a web page loads because there might be another
> > mozilla window obscuring it? Should xterm raise its window every time there's
> > terminal output in case there's another xterm on top?

Hm, perhaps this is relevant? It appears there's an ICCCM way for an
application to tell the window manager that a window is "urgent" and then
leave it for the window manager to decide what to do with this information:

http://lists.eazel.com/pipermail/sawfish/2001-January/000244.html


> I actually think the problem you describe is indeed a bug and is due to
> the fact that selected_frame is temporarily changed to the minibuffer frame,
> so Emacs doesn't realize that the frame from which you hit C-x C-f
> is actually the same as the one it's trying to make visible.
> 
> The patch below fixes your simple test case.


Is this patch in 21.3 ?

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greg