From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: Double-click opens the wrong file Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 20:26:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <688645e4-144e-4247-953b-7c9476f56d32@default> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1509506881 10115 195.159.176.226 (1 Nov 2017 03:28:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2017 03:28:01 +0000 (UTC) To: Nick Helm , help-emacs Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 01 04:27:53 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1e9jh2-0001sz-DQ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Nov 2017 04:27:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48185 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e9jh9-0000J9-Ot for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Oct 2017 23:27:59 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50509) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e9jgS-0000J1-7a for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Oct 2017 23:27:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e9jgN-0000yp-5k for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Oct 2017 23:27:16 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:38786) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e9jgM-0000pe-Ty for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Oct 2017 23:27:11 -0400 Original-Received: from aserv0021.oracle.com (aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id vA13R0lx022785 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 1 Nov 2017 03:27:00 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0122.oracle.com (aserv0122.oracle.com [141.146.126.236]) by aserv0021.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id vA13QxGg029352 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 1 Nov 2017 03:26:59 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0016.oracle.com (abhmp0016.oracle.com [141.146.116.22]) by aserv0122.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id vA13Qv6X024370; Wed, 1 Nov 2017 03:26:59 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 16.0.4600.0 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:114717 Archived-At: > Occasionally, when I double click a file to edit it, Emacs will visit a > different file instead. >=20 > Repeated double clicking visits a succession of incorrect files, until > Emacs eventually settles on the right one. >=20 > The files are all ones I have been working with recently, although not > necessarily in Emacs. The visited file need not be in the same location > or even exist at all =E2=80=93 Emacs will quite happily visit a recently = deleted > file. >=20 > Only double clicking files associated with Emacs (26.0.90) seems to be > affected. Visiting with find-file, drag and drop, and the menu-bar, as > well as other versions of Emacs, have the expected behaviour. >=20 > I would open a bug, but it feels like an OS problem (I'm on macOS > 10.12.6), rather than a flaw in Emacs. >=20 > Any ideas what's going on or how to fix/debug this issue? One place to start is to use `C-h k' and then double-click wherever you notice the problem. That should at least tell you what Emacs command is being invoked by that double-click.