Re: suggested new command `picture-mouse-set-point'

["Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu>]

> > One problem with this approach is that quite often you just need to
> > click on some window to select another window or give focus to a frame
> > -- and in that case you most likely don't want to modify the buffer if
> > you accidentally click or a TAB or after EOL or EOB.
> > 
> > Maybe the -rigidly functionality should only be activated if
> > the mouse is clicked in the selected window & frame.
> 
> I agree that is a problem, and your solution sounds good (or at least
> the right sort of idea; I haven't tested it).

I don't understand: this problem is not specific to this
mouse-set-point-rigidly.  Normally it is solved in a generic way
by the window-manager by making sure that the click that changes
focus is not sent to the application.
Am I missing something ?


	Stefan