From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
Cc: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: mouse-autoselect-window
Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:05:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <85y7fja7b7.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46E03775.9080202@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's message of "Thu\, 06 Sep 2007 19\:23\:01 +0200")
martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at> writes:
>> 1. I'm not 100% sure I understand you. I guess you mean that if, for
>> example, some code does `select-frame-set-input-focus', then the mouse
>> pointer will be moved to the newly selected frame. Is that right?
>>
>> That's certainly true. But if that is the only intended effect of
>> `focus-follows-mouse', then I'd say that this option should be named
>> `mouse-follows-focus', not the reverse. IOW, what you describe (and what I
>> see) is that _if_ the focus is changed to another frame _then_ the mouse is
>> warped to that frame.
>
> It's needed to avoid that a window-manager with focus-follows-mouse
> policy inadvertently reselects the old frame when you move the mouse the
> first time after `select-frame-set-input-focus'.
On the other hand, naming the option after what it does rather than
the window manager interaction it is intended for might indeed make it
more obvious.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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Thread overview: 91+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-09-05 5:53 mouse-autoselect-window Drew Adams
2007-09-05 10:36 ` mouse-autoselect-window Robert J. Chassell
2007-09-05 10:49 ` mouse-autoselect-window David Kastrup
2007-09-05 12:56 ` mouse-autoselect-window Stephen Berman
2007-09-05 16:49 ` mouse-autoselect-window Robert J. Chassell
2007-09-05 22:46 ` mouse-autoselect-window Drew Adams
2007-09-05 23:08 ` mouse-autoselect-window Jason Rumney
2007-09-06 16:36 ` mouse-autoselect-window Drew Adams
2007-09-06 17:23 ` mouse-autoselect-window martin rudalics
2007-09-06 20:05 ` David Kastrup [this message]
2007-09-06 21:12 ` mouse-autoselect-window Jason Rumney
2007-09-06 18:42 ` mouse-autoselect-window Davis Herring
2007-09-07 3:28 ` mouse-autoselect-window Jeremy Maitin-Shepard
2007-09-07 8:26 ` mouse-autoselect-window Eli Zaretskii
2007-09-07 8:58 ` mouse-autoselect-window martin rudalics
2007-09-07 15:54 ` mouse-autoselect-window Davis Herring
2007-09-07 18:21 ` mouse-autoselect-window Eli Zaretskii
2007-09-07 19:46 ` mouse-autoselect-window Davis Herring
2007-09-08 7:05 ` mouse-autoselect-window Eli Zaretskii
2007-09-08 8:08 ` mouse-autoselect-window Jan Djärv
2007-09-08 0:46 ` mouse-autoselect-window Jason Rumney
2007-09-08 7:00 ` mouse-autoselect-window Eli Zaretskii
2007-09-08 9:31 ` mouse-autoselect-window martin rudalics
2007-09-08 20:56 ` mouse-autoselect-window Jason Rumney
2007-09-07 18:20 ` mouse-autoselect-window Eli Zaretskii
2007-09-07 8:32 ` mouse-autoselect-window martin rudalics
2007-09-07 17:01 ` mouse-autoselect-window Jeremy Maitin-Shepard
2007-09-07 18:56 ` mouse-autoselect-window martin rudalics
2007-09-08 7:53 ` mouse-autoselect-window Jan Djärv
2007-09-06 3:04 ` mouse-autoselect-window Robert J. Chassell
2007-09-06 16:35 ` mouse-autoselect-window Drew Adams
2007-09-05 18:04 ` mouse-autoselect-window martin rudalics
2007-09-05 22:46 ` mouse-autoselect-window Drew Adams
2007-09-06 9:35 ` mouse-autoselect-window martin rudalics
2007-09-06 16:37 ` mouse-autoselect-window Drew Adams
2007-09-06 17:28 ` mouse-autoselect-window martin rudalics
2007-09-06 21:40 ` mouse-autoselect-window Drew Adams
2007-09-06 20:58 ` mouse-autoselect-window Jason Rumney
2007-09-06 21:11 ` mouse-autoselect-window Drew Adams
2007-09-07 0:02 ` mouse-autoselect-window Stefan Monnier
2007-09-07 6:45 ` mouse-autoselect-window Leo
2007-09-07 8:33 ` mouse-autoselect-window Andreas Schwab
2007-09-06 12:01 ` mouse-autoselect-window Stephen Berman
2007-09-06 12:22 ` mouse-autoselect-window martin rudalics
2007-09-06 14:17 ` mouse-autoselect-window Stephen Berman
2007-09-06 15:10 ` mouse-autoselect-window martin rudalics
2007-09-06 16:00 ` mouse-autoselect-window Stephen Berman
2007-09-06 17:31 ` mouse-autoselect-window martin rudalics
2007-09-06 18:20 ` mouse-autoselect-window Stephen Berman
2007-09-06 20:46 ` mouse-autoselect-window martin rudalics
2007-09-06 22:58 ` mouse-autoselect-window Stephen Berman
2007-09-07 6:51 ` mouse-autoselect-window martin rudalics
2007-09-07 7:33 ` mouse-autoselect-window Drew Adams
2007-09-07 8:09 ` mouse-autoselect-window Stephen Berman
2007-09-07 12:31 ` mouse-autoselect-window Robert J. Chassell
2007-09-07 8:38 ` mouse-autoselect-window martin rudalics
2007-09-07 8:09 ` mouse-autoselect-window Stephen Berman
2007-09-07 8:53 ` mouse-autoselect-window martin rudalics
2007-09-07 9:16 ` mouse-autoselect-window Stephen Berman
2007-09-07 9:33 ` mouse-autoselect-window martin rudalics
2007-09-06 14:30 ` mouse-autoselect-window Stefan Monnier
2007-09-06 15:44 ` mouse-autoselect-window Stephen Berman
2007-09-18 7:02 ` mouse-autoselect-window martin rudalics
2007-09-18 10:16 ` mouse-autoselect-window Stephen Berman
2007-09-18 14:07 ` mouse-autoselect-window martin rudalics
2007-09-18 21:00 ` mouse-autoselect-window Stephen Berman
2007-09-18 14:41 ` mouse-autoselect-window Drew Adams
2007-09-18 15:34 ` mouse-autoselect-window martin rudalics
2007-09-18 16:10 ` mouse-autoselect-window Drew Adams
2007-09-18 16:47 ` mouse-autoselect-window martin rudalics
2007-09-18 17:04 ` mouse-autoselect-window Drew Adams
2007-09-18 21:01 ` mouse-autoselect-window Stephen Berman
2007-09-28 9:11 ` mouse-autoselect-window martin rudalics
2007-09-29 21:45 ` mouse-autoselect-window Glenn Morris
2007-09-30 8:47 ` mouse-autoselect-window martin rudalics
2007-09-30 21:48 ` mouse-autoselect-window Glenn Morris
2007-10-01 6:29 ` mouse-autoselect-window martin rudalics
2007-11-07 12:18 ` mouse-autoselect-window Stephen Berman
2007-11-07 13:13 ` mouse-autoselect-window martin rudalics
2007-11-07 14:30 ` mouse-autoselect-window Stephen Berman
2007-11-07 15:32 ` mouse-autoselect-window martin rudalics
2007-09-18 22:24 ` mouse-autoselect-window Jason Rumney
2007-09-18 22:46 ` mouse-autoselect-window Drew Adams
2007-09-18 23:13 ` mouse-autoselect-window Jason Rumney
2007-09-18 23:24 ` mouse-autoselect-window Drew Adams
2007-09-19 4:02 ` mouse-autoselect-window Eli Zaretskii
2007-09-05 17:33 ` mouse-autoselect-window Eli Zaretskii
2007-09-05 17:52 ` mouse-autoselect-window Eli Zaretskii
[not found] <31071.1189309764@cs.sunysb.edu>
2007-09-09 9:43 ` mouse-autoselect-window Jason Rumney
2007-09-09 13:52 ` mouse-autoselect-window Michael Kifer
2007-09-09 14:09 ` mouse-autoselect-window Jason Rumney
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