From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: display-buffer Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 23:19:38 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <200511050519.jA55JcK19416@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <87zmolwt06.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <17258.33910.439963.480367@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <87d5lhvy7o.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <17260.15779.832222.352524@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1131168195 18209 80.91.229.2 (5 Nov 2005 05:23:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 05:23:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 05 06:23:03 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EYGT6-0001OS-A4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2005 06:19:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EYGT5-0003Mb-Fg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2005 00:19:55 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EYGSw-0003MW-FW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2005 00:19:46 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EYGSt-0003LV-2I for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2005 00:19:46 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EYGSs-0003LQ-Ur for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2005 00:19:43 -0500 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EYGSs-0002db-U1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2005 00:19:43 -0500 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.13.3+Sun/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jA55JgAT016903; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 23:19:42 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id jA55JcK19416; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 23:19:38 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: nickrob@snap.net.nz In-reply-to: <17260.15779.832222.352524@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> (message from Nick Roberts on Sat, 5 Nov 2005 18:05:39 +1300) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.1 (manatee.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.104]); Fri, 04 Nov 2005 23:19:42 -0600 (CST) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:45428 Archived-At: Nick Roberts wrote: No its the same or at least I can't any difference. My window manager is metacity and it works/is configured for click-to-focus (not a lisp variable?) However focus-follows-mouse is t, but I guess Emacs can't overrule the window manager. I have not been following this thread. But unless I misunderstand the above, your window manager is configured for click-to-focus and you have focus-follows-mouse set to t. If so, you are unavoidably going to experience some buggish feeling behavior. The purpose of `focus-follows-mouse' is to inform Emacs how your window manager behaves. Its purpose is not to have Emacs try to overrule your window manager. If I understood you correctly, you should set focus-follows-mouse set to nil. C-h v focus-follows-mouse: *Non-nil if window system changes focus when you move the mouse. You should set this variable to tell Emacs how your window manager handles focus, since there is no way in general for Emacs to find out automatically. Sincerely, Luc.