From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: mouse-autoselect-window Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 14:11:32 -0700 Message-ID: References: <46E069D9.9030802@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1189113104 31019 80.91.229.12 (6 Sep 2007 21:11:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 21:11:44 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 06 23:11:45 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ITOdZ-0007J4-6g for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:11:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITOdX-00079l-5f for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:11:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITOdR-00074c-Rd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:11:33 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITOdQ-00071f-4D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:11:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITOdP-00071S-Qj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:11:31 -0400 Original-Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ITOdP-0000TT-NM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:11:31 -0400 Original-Received: from agmgw1.us.oracle.com (agmgw1.us.oracle.com [152.68.180.212]) by agminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id l86LBT6x024143 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 16:11:29 -0500 Original-Received: from acsmt350.oracle.com (acsmt350.oracle.com [141.146.40.150]) by agmgw1.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.0/Switch-3.2.0) with ESMTP id l85JR2kJ030529 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 15:11:28 -0600 Original-Received: from dhcp-4op11-4op12-west-130-35-178-203.us.oracle.com by acsmt351.oracle.com with ESMTP id 3191269431189113087; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:11:27 -0700 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <46E069D9.9030802@gnu.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:78039 Archived-At: > > I repeat that the doc string should mention that this option is > > about frame focus. And it should say that (apparently) the > > (only?) effect is that it makes the mouse follow the frame > > focus, by moving the mouse to whatever frame has the focus. > > Variables do not have effects! Shouting doesn't make your point more convincing. Changing the value of a variable can have an effect. Apparently, the only effect of _setting this variable to non-nil_ is that that makes the mouse follow the frame. (Is there another user-noticeable effect?) > The purpose of the variable is clearly stated in the doc string. Its > purpose is to tell code that wants to use the variable what the window > system's focus policy is. And what might the code do with that information? What is the user-observable change in behavior due to a change in value of the variable? That information is important to understanding what this variable is for.