Re: ediff control frame doesn't start with focus

[jsbien@mimuw.edu.pl (Janusz S. Bień)]

On Tue, Feb 02 2021 at 22:06 +01, Michael Heerdegen wrote:
> Joe Riel <joer@san.rr.com> writes:
>
>> When launching ediff (emacs 26.1) the floating frame that controls the
>> session isn't automatically being selected, I have to do so manually.
>> Is there a way to configure it so that it is selected at the launch?
>
> As far as I recall, the behavior you want is the default behavior, and
> has been for a long time.

It used to be the default behaviour, but since some time (several years
if I remember well) it is not.

>
> The control frame is only not selected if it is already existing and
> iconified, or if `ediff-use-long-help-message' is set to a non-nil
> value, or if your window manager prevents Emacs from setting input
> focus.
>
> Could one of these points be true for you?

None is true for me.

Janusz

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