From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: "'bob@rattlesnake.com'" <bob@rattlesnake.com>,
"'Emacs Developers \(emacs-devel@gnu.org\)'"
<emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [simon.marshall@bogus.example.com: mouse-autoselect-window ne eds a delay]
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 12:15:55 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvfyhhnynb.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <81CCA6588E60BB42BE68BD029ED4826007B77E4E@wimex2.wim.midas-kapiti.com> (Simon Marshall's message of "Wed, 28 Jun 2006 10:11:09 +0100")
> OTOH, I use the menu bar if (a) I happen to be holding the mouse, (b) I
> can't remember the key binding, or (c) there isn't a key binding. My report
> was pointing out a problem with mouse-autoselect-window when used with split
> windows and the menu or tool bar. Given that you don't use the menu or tool
> bar, ...
I agree with you that it's a problem. The same problem appears on Mac OS
X if you want to use focus-follows-mouse because Mac OS X's window system
uses a single menu-bar shared between all applications. I don't know how
they solve it, but I know how X11 and w32 solve it: have each frame carry
its own menu-bar.
And that's indeed what I do here: I use C-down-mouse-3 to get the menu-bar
at point rather than having to move the mouse to the top of the frame.
Now, I agree that it only provides a workaround rather than a fix, but some
people (e.g. myself) may prefer this workaround rather than the
delayed-selection you propose.
BTW, I believe that you can implement a form of delayed-selection without
any of the heavy hacking mentioned in this thread. Basically: change
`handle-select-window' such that it doesn't immediately selects the window
but instead fires a timer (and kills any still pending delayed-selection
timer). Additionally to the timer, it could add a pre-command-hook so that
hitting a key forces the selection to be done immediately. All in elisp.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-04 16:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-06-28 9:11 [simon.marshall@bogus.example.com: mouse-autoselect-window ne eds a delay] Marshall, Simon
2006-07-04 16:15 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
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2006-06-27 8:30 Marshall, Simon
2006-06-27 11:19 ` Robert J. Chassell
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