From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Problem with X window frames Date: 14 Jan 2003 18:25:52 +1100 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87r8bg6vlr.fsf@tiger.rapttech.com.au> References: Reply-To: timx@spamto.devnul.com NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1042528666 27225 80.91.224.249 (14 Jan 2003 07:17:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 07:17:46 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18YLKS-00074s-00 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 2003 08:17:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18YLIH-0007hy-06 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Jan 2003 02:15:29 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 42 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp563.nsw.padsl.internode.on.net Original-X-Trace: duster.adelaide.on.net 1042528424 ppp563.nsw.padsl.internode.on.net (14 Jan 2003 17:43:44 +1050) Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!enews.sgi.com!news.xtra.co.nz!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.ade.connect.com.au!duster.adelaide.on.net!not-for-mail Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:108933 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:5461 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:5461 >>>>> "Greg" == Greg Hill writes: Greg> At 12:03 AM +0100 1/12/03, Jesper Harder wrote: >> Greg Hill writes: >> >>> In my first foray into frames, I am not having any success with >>> the functions select-frame, raise-frame or lower-frame, >> >> What happens if you evaluate this expression: >> >> (lower-frame (make-frame)) >> >> For me it creates a new frame, lowers it and returns to the >> original frame. Greg> For me it creates a new frame and leaves it raised. I can Greg> return focus to the original frame by clicking on it, but I Greg> can't find any lisp expression that will do that for me. I Greg> have also tried using speedbar, and the function Greg> speedbar-get-focus does absolutely nothing. Greg> --Greg There is a chance this could be due to your window manager. I've found some window managers will over-ride what emacs is trying to do. For example, for ages everytime I opened speedbar, the frame would be exactly the same size as my normal frame, despite the speedbar frame attributes being set to create a narrow high frame. I eventually worked out this was due to my window manager. If your window manager has some setting like "click to focus" or "click to raise and focus" its possible this is over-riding what emacs itself is trying to do. Tim -- Tim Cross The e-mail address on this message is FALSE (obviously!). My real e-mail is to a company in Australia called rapttech and my login is tcross - if you really need to send mail, you should be able to work it out!