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> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 23:35:12 -0500
> From: Shiyuan <gshy2014@gmail.com>
> 
>     When I trace a program step by step in GDB under Emacs,  Emacs will
> switch the input focus to the source code.

It doesn't for me.  Here the selected window remains the one where the
GDB interaction happens.  Perhaps you could describe what you do in
more detail, starting with "emacs -Q".

Also, which version of Emacs is that?