From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Bruce Korb" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: How can I stop emacs from stealing focus? Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:50:34 -0800 Message-ID: <668c430c0802070850w549c54e9v5032965350ad539d@mail.gmail.com> References: <668c430c0802070847u66910f0bn70397c1682d47dc5@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1202403519 28945 80.91.229.12 (7 Feb 2008 16:58:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 16:58:39 +0000 (UTC) To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 07 17:58:58 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JNA4z-0005or-Tp for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:58:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JNA4X-0006Lo-D0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:58:01 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JNA4S-0006Kj-70 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:57:56 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JNA4Q-0006KE-Md for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:57:55 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JNA4Q-0006KB-H5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:57:54 -0500 Original-Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.142.185]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JNA4P-00077d-Sm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:57:54 -0500 Original-Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id a20so768208tia.10 for ; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:57:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=yDn8SYdlicNLDngBjqkv2/e+P08nmO8mQMFzOVI0IMg=; b=E12E46gH8oqRjVctpAzyCT2AzKDrx3/z492WtJ91dzjOoHQCUhvAjqTevZN4egx4ol15k6Td4zAxcfxw86FuvpcJtoqL8WeuKerClT/l8QqYU76OvELHaNOztfmJAR11ja40MgzLmAl3yxtur8acizLQstPerMM7Sw8bi3qfJU8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=b/FMo6z3oQU//xvUvn7KvmGTQUWJPluUsWAdDnp/vAx49b6z4hG9dNyfd0p4GGo3IX6agbh249KUINxg8oPi/8IUl8MbwnAHSHFlYenxzJAEOM+03cR46yaToLMLY5TVOM+KDTjh/lRUywlaDZYsOxBgrm6hYXjiFBiRnbI6cZc= Original-Received: by 10.150.178.6 with SMTP id a6mr4753897ybf.22.1202403034689; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:50:34 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.150.216.20 with HTTP; Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:50:34 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <668c430c0802070847u66910f0bn70397c1682d47dc5@mail.gmail.com> Content-Disposition: inline X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:17495 Archived-At: On Feb 7, 2008 8:47 AM, Bruce Korb wrote: > When I type ``emacsclient filename'' my mouse will *ALWAYS* jump to > the emacs window. > It isn't just focus stealing, it is mouse moving, too. Even across > desktops. Bad. > Very, very bad. I cannot even figure out how to stop this evil > behavior. Please: > > 1. Tell me how I can get emacs to stop automatically doing things > like this that > I simply do not want it to do > > 2. make the setting findable with either "steal" or "focus" in the > settings search. Oh, I've got it: I have to lie to emacs. I have "focus follows mouse" set "on" so that emacs knows the KDE window manager policy. It uses that information to steal the mouse and the focus. By lying to it, it leaves my mouse alone. Thank you.