From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Jan D." Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: raise-frame doesn't work in Fedora Core 4 Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 08:54:31 +0100 Message-ID: <454AF5B7.1030205@swipnet.se> References: <4549A494.1000801@swipnet.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1162540543 3950 80.91.229.2 (3 Nov 2006 07:55:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 07:55:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jet@gyve.org, yamaoka@jpl.org, handa@m17n.org, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 03 08:55:40 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gfttq-0001WR-7R for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Nov 2006 08:55:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gfttp-0002Ij-Lk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Nov 2006 02:55:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gfttc-0002FX-BQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Nov 2006 02:55:24 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GfttY-00026i-Gc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Nov 2006 02:55:23 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GfttY-00026L-3F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Nov 2006 02:55:20 -0500 Original-Received: from [81.228.9.180] (helo=av6-2-sn3.vrr.skanova.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GfttT-0005b4-Pk; Fri, 03 Nov 2006 02:55:16 -0500 Original-Received: by av6-2-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 04692380A2; Fri, 3 Nov 2006 08:55:13 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net [81.228.9.101]) by av6-2-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4AC23802B; Fri, 3 Nov 2006 08:55:13 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from coolsville.localdomain (81-235-205-78-no59.tbcn.telia.com [81.235.205.78]) by smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E076637E8A; Fri, 3 Nov 2006 08:55:07 +0100 (CET) User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060918) Original-To: Stefan Monnier In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:61670 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier skrev: >> I think XRaiseWindow does not work with windows that are on >> desktops/workspaces that aren't the current one, > > It does work: it changes the stacking order so that next time you visit > a workspace where that window is visible, it will be in front of > the others. > >> so I guess some WM:s choose to ignore all XRaiseWindow requests just to >> avoid trouble. > > That's a bug. I agree fully, but given the project (metacity) and its former willingness to respond to "old style" WM interactions (i.e. not in the new spec), I doubt it is useful to raise a bug. Jan D.