From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Mackenzie Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Stop frames stealing eachothers' minibuffers! Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 16:03:42 +0000 Message-ID: References: <50c96c83-01b4-d2b8-ff90-82c9d706e268@gmx.at> <2d91b8cb-0206-32f0-a577-f243fb534aec@gmx.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="3673"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Andrii Kolomoiets , emacs-devel@gnu.org, martin rudalics , enometh@meer.net, Gregory Heytings , Eli Zaretskii To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 10 17:04:46 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kydCw-0000q5-7z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2021 17:04:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38218 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kydCv-0006A0-BL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2021 11:04:45 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:53238) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kydC2-0005hL-3w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2021 11:03:50 -0500 Original-Received: from colin.muc.de ([193.149.48.1]:16949 helo=mail.muc.de) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kydBz-0000Xc-IB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2021 11:03:49 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 25022 invoked by uid 3782); 10 Jan 2021 16:03:45 -0000 Original-Received: from acm.muc.de (p4fe15e6c.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [79.225.94.108]) by colin.muc.de (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Sun, 10 Jan 2021 17:03:42 +0100 Original-Received: (qmail 10483 invoked by uid 1000); 10 Jan 2021 16:03:42 -0000 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.12 (Macallan) X-Primary-Address: acm@muc.de Received-SPF: pass client-ip=193.149.48.1; envelope-from=acm@muc.de; helo=mail.muc.de X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:262852 Archived-At: Hello, Stefan. On Sat, Jan 09, 2021 at 20:34:12 -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > It is nevertheless the standard function to call to move focus to a > > different frame. > Yes, but since setting focus is problematic in general (because of the > many different ways it can be handled depending on the GUI and window > manager and age of the captain), we usually try to refrain from doing it > at all: it's usually a source of problems even if it looks like > a solution in the short term. In this case, selecting the frame is the essential part of the process. It happens after a minibuffer is exited, and selects the frame in which the minibuffer was opened, the one in which the coming action is to take place. > IIRC `raise-frame` is often a good middle ground which gets most of the > benefit of `select-frame-set-input-focus` with much fewer problems. > Stefan -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).