From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jsbien@mimuw.edu.pl (Janusz S. =?utf-8?Q?Bie=C5=84?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: ediff control frame doesn't start with focus Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2021 08:11:35 +0100 Message-ID: <87lfc5eic8.fsf@mimuw.edu.pl> References: <878s8618p1.fsf@web.de> Reply-To: jsbien@mimuw.edu.pl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="40020"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Michael Heerdegen Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 03 08:12:13 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1l7CKj-000AHq-3b for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 03 Feb 2021 08:12:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43872 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l7CKi-0004Wz-5u for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 03 Feb 2021 02:12:12 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57190) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l7CKL-0004Wo-2C for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Feb 2021 02:11:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.mimuw.edu.pl ([2001:6a0:5001::4]:57023) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l7CKI-0002UY-83 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Feb 2021 02:11:48 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by duch.mimuw.edu.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E88661A3AEA5; Wed, 3 Feb 2021 08:11:39 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mimuw.edu.pl Original-Received: from duch.mimuw.edu.pl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.mimuw.edu.pl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id e9SZvR9zJNDs; Wed, 3 Feb 2021 08:11:36 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from jsbdebian.mimuw.edu.pl (unknown [176.221.123.181]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by duch.mimuw.edu.pl (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Wed, 3 Feb 2021 08:11:36 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <878s8618p1.fsf@web.de> (Michael Heerdegen's message of "Tue, 02 Feb 2021 22:06:02 +0100") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2001:6a0:5001::4; envelope-from=jsbien@mimuw.edu.pl; helo=mail.mimuw.edu.pl 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=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:127578 Archived-At: On Tue, Feb 02 2021 at 22:06 +01, Michael Heerdegen wrote: > Joe Riel writes: > >> When launching ediff (emacs 26.1) the floating frame that controls the >> session isn't automatically being selected, I have to do so manually. >> Is there a way to configure it so that it is selected at the launch? > > As far as I recall, the behavior you want is the default behavior, and > has been for a long time. It used to be the default behaviour, but since some time (several years if I remember well) it is not. > > The control frame is only not selected if it is already existing and > iconified, or if `ediff-use-long-help-message' is set to a non-nil > value, or if your window manager prevents Emacs from setting input > focus. > > Could one of these points be true for you? None is true for me. Janusz -- , Janusz S. Bien emeryt (emeritus) https://sites.google.com/view/jsbien