From: Robert Weiner <rsw@gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>,
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,
emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Suggestion: Add discussion of input focus handling to select-window; add select-frame-window
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 12:23:34 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+OMD9jx1AJAN4eWDjkmindaRZBcqy6KNdmTMMyM8eyY_9DHtQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83374asjy4.fsf@gnu.org>
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On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 11:42 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> And they don't need to look up frame- and focus-related documentation,
> as long as they only need to select a window. What you needed is to
> select another frame, select another window on that frame, and make
> sure that frame is at the top of the z-order. That has very little to
> do with selecting a window, and much more to do with frames and input
> focus -- and those topics are described in the docs under their proper
> subjects.
>
I largely agree with the above now and spoke to this in
one of my last messages where I talked about combining
lower-level concepts into one area of documentation so
user input can be directed to a specific window and that
window's frame can be seen on screen in its entirety.
>
>
> I could support some gentle notes in the ELisp manual's node
>
> "Selecting Windows", where it already mentions frames. But doc
>
> strings are inappropriate for references to almost unrelated subjects,
>
> nor for general descriptions of complex topics.
>
Okay, thanks.
Bob
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Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-12-12 15:39 Suggestion: Add discussion of input focus handling to select-window; add select-frame-window Robert Weiner
2017-12-12 18:13 ` Robert Weiner
2017-12-12 18:49 ` Robert Weiner
2017-12-12 20:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-12-12 21:29 ` Robert Weiner
2017-12-12 21:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-12-12 20:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-12-12 21:19 ` Robert Weiner
2017-12-13 8:49 ` martin rudalics
2017-12-13 13:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-12-13 14:37 ` Robert Weiner
2017-12-13 19:29 ` martin rudalics
2017-12-13 20:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-13 22:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-12-14 3:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-14 15:01 ` Robert Weiner
2017-12-14 20:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-14 23:43 ` Robert Weiner
2017-12-15 1:42 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-12-16 16:11 ` Robert Weiner
2017-12-16 16:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-16 17:23 ` Robert Weiner [this message]
2017-12-16 16:27 ` Robert Weiner
2017-12-16 16:21 ` Robert Weiner
2017-12-16 16:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-16 17:04 ` Robert Weiner
2017-12-16 17:15 ` Robert Weiner
2017-12-16 17:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-16 18:16 ` Robert Weiner
2017-12-16 18:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-16 19:18 ` Robert Weiner
2017-12-16 19:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-16 20:52 ` Robert Weiner
2017-12-22 10:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-16 22:44 ` Robert Weiner
2017-12-13 14:51 ` Robert Weiner
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