From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Difference between M-x and call-interactively Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:52:20 +0200 Message-ID: <507C0704.1000805@gmx.at> References: <87d30m9u0f.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1350305559 24552 80.91.229.3 (15 Oct 2012 12:52:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:52:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Jambunathan K Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 15 14:52:46 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TNk9z-0002h4-CG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:52:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39161 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TNk9s-0004zD-L1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:52:36 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46316) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TNk9q-0004z4-61 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:52:35 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TNk9o-0005TT-SK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:52:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.22]:49843) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TNk9o-0005Sk-HC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:52:32 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 15 Oct 2012 12:52:30 -0000 Original-Received: from 62-47-40-20.adsl.highway.telekom.at (EHLO [62.47.40.20]) [62.47.40.20] by mail.gmx.net (mp020) with SMTP; 15 Oct 2012 14:52:30 +0200 X-Authenticated: #14592706 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+5VZccxWy5FbtyFZOdN4QT48qxyMpSoTx2fsG95j 7duJEvcwVw/ctT In-Reply-To: <87d30m9u0f.fsf@gmail.com> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 213.165.64.22 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:154348 Archived-At: > (IIRC, I have seen this on Windows XP. I don't have the > Windows machine with me now, so I can't verify.) > > I was trying to narrow this issue further and ended up observing > whatever the subject claims. > > 1. C-x C-f some-file > 2. C-x C-w some-file-1 > 3. Make some random changes some-file-1 > 4. M-x ediff-buffers RET (some-file and some-file-1). Press n in > control panel. I note that the focus stays within the control panel. > > Now instead of step 4 above, if I C-x C-e below form in scratch buffer > > (call-interactively 'ediff-buffers) > > I see that the focus shifts away from the control panel. > > In summary, M-x ediff-buffers gives correct behaviour. But C-x C-e of > the interactive call yields buggy behaviour. > > Any ideas on what could cause this behaviour? Unreproducible here on Windows XP. martin