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: put input focus on active minibuffer Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 06:53:24 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1455288848 24891 80.91.229.3 (12 Feb 2016 14:54:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 14:54:08 +0000 (UTC) To: Katsumi Yamaoka , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 12 15:53:54 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aUF6Y-0003JI-8Q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2016 15:53:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33348 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aUF6S-0006I6-Np for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:53:48 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40147) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aUF6E-0006Ht-0v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:53:34 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aUF68-0006vc-UC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:53:33 -0500 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:44476) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aUF68-0006vS-MI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:53:28 -0500 Original-Received: from aserv0022.oracle.com (aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id u1CErQsd019699 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 12 Feb 2016 14:53:27 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0121.oracle.com (aserv0121.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by aserv0022.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u1CErQcb000347 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Fri, 12 Feb 2016 14:53:26 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0018.oracle.com (abhmp0018.oracle.com [141.146.116.24]) by aserv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u1CErQcO016803; Fri, 12 Feb 2016 14:53:26 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:199823 Archived-At: > This is a feature request. > It would be useful if the input focus is always put on the > active minibuffer when a user clicks the mouse on any place of > the unselected Emacs frame. For instance, when an Emacs frame > is not selected and it is waiting for a user for a yes-or-no-p > answer, a user will likely click a normal window. In that case, > a user will have to do `C-x o' to go to the minibuffer now. I > can guess everyone has experienced such a situation. :) No, please do not do this. A user should be able to select different buffers and windows, including by clicking the mouse or using keyboard keys, while the minibuffer is active. A user should be able to do all kinds of things while the minibuffer is active - including come back to the minibuffer to continue inputting text there etc.