From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: mouse-autoselect-window Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:02:16 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1189123351 26068 80.91.229.12 (7 Sep 2007 00:02:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 00:02:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 07 02:02:26 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 1ITRIn-0001ZY-AO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:02:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITRIl-0005e0-7P for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:02:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITRIi-0005d2-It for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:02:20 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITRIg-0005bT-Jr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:02:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITRIg-0005bL-Gi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:02:18 -0400 Original-Received: from tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.4]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ITRIf-0002cj-T4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:02:18 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([70.55.141.227]) by tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20070907000217.QPZJ574.tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net@pastel.home> for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 20:02:17 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id E0A3B83C3; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 20:02:16 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Thu\, 6 Sep 2007 14\:11\:32 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Detected-Kernel: Solaris 8 (1) 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:78053 Archived-At: > 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?) Another user-noticeable effect is to make mouse-autoselect-window apply only to windows within the selected frame. ;-) > 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. Agreed. It doesn't have to be explicit, but should list some ideas of how it may affect Emacs's behavior. The most important one is to change the way Emacs tries to change the selected frame. Stefan