Please help - the mode line is driving me crazy

Please help - the mode line is driving me crazy

[Mingzuo Shen]

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I am running GNU Emacs 22.2.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600).
And the mode line has been behaving crazy.
I used to run 22.1 and did not have this problem.

When the pointer accidently rests
on the mode line for a couple of seconds,
even though the Emacs window is not the topmost one,
it "sort of" comes on top on its own.
I say "sort of" because the original window bar still shows it
is the topmost one and still has the keyboard focus.

I am attaching two screen shots.

Do not even know how to formulate a search for this problem.
I know there is an "auto raise" feature under X11,
but why would we want it under Microsoft Windows,
especially if the implementation is not correct?

tried this:
(setq auto-raise-mode nil)
(auto-raise-mode 0)
(auto-lower-mode 0)
(setq auto-lower nil)
(setq auto-raise nil)
no effect.


Please help me disable this feature.
When the pointer rests on the mode-line (or anywhere else)
of the Emacs window, I do not want the Emacs window to move __at all__.
Thanks so much in advance.

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Re: Please help - the mode line is driving me crazy

[Abdullah Abdul Khadir]

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Hi,

On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Mingzuo Shen <mzshen@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I am running GNU Emacs 22.2.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600).
> And the mode line has been behaving crazy.
> I used to run 22.1 and did not have this problem.
>
> When the pointer accidently rests
> on the mode line for a couple of seconds,
> even though the Emacs window is not the topmost one,
> it "sort of" comes on top on its own.
> I say "sort of" because the original window bar still shows it
> is the topmost one and still has the keyboard focus.
>
> I am attaching two screen shots.
>
> Do not even know how to formulate a search for this problem.
> I know there is an "auto raise" feature under X11,
> but why would we want it under Microsoft Windows,
> especially if the implementation is not correct?
>
> tried this:
> (setq auto-raise-mode nil)
> (auto-raise-mode 0)
> (auto-lower-mode 0)
> (setq auto-lower nil)
> (setq auto-raise nil)
> no effect.
>
>
> Please help me disable this feature.
> When the pointer rests on the mode-line (or anywhere else)
> of the Emacs window, I do not want the Emacs window to move __at all__.
> Thanks so much in advance.



I guess the problem was with the tooltip that was being displayed. Just do

(tooltip-mode nil)

in the scratch buffer and press C-x C-e. The tooltip messages will be
displayed in the echo area instead. I got the same problem on my emacs
22.3.1 in windows XP (which was run in virtualbox on my ubuntu) and the
above code resolved the issue. I hope this helps

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Re: Please help - the mode line is driving me crazy

[Mingzuo Shen]

Thats it!
Thanks a million for your help!

> I guess the problem was with the tooltip that was being
> displayed. Just do
> 
> (tooltip-mode nil)
> 
> in the scratch buffer and press C-x C-e. The tooltip
> messages will be displayed in the echo area instead. I got
> the same problem on my emacs 22.3.1 in windows XP (which was
> run in virtualbox on my ubuntu) and the above code resolved
> the issue. I hope this helps 
> 
> 
>  
> -- 
> Regards,
> 
> Abdullah Abdul Khadir
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> Home page : www.cmi.ac.in/~abdullah
> My blog        : www.linuxandlisp.blogspot.com