From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: mouse-autoselect-window Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:21:42 +0300 Message-ID: References: <87odgff933.fsf@jbms.ath.cx> <46E112BD.80705@gmx.at> <38367.128.165.123.18.1189180468.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1189189316 22097 80.91.229.12 (7 Sep 2007 18:21:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 18:21:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rudalics@gmx.at, jeremy@jeremyms.com, drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: herring@lanl.gov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 07 20:21:55 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 1ITiSm-0008UY-Eu for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:21:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITiSk-00038d-9L for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:21:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITiSh-00037O-7n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:21:47 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITiSf-00035T-Da for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:21:46 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITiSe-00035E-UV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:21:44 -0400 Original-Received: from nitzan.inter.net.il ([213.8.233.22]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ITiSe-0005F1-88 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:21:44 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-13-121.inter.net.il [80.230.13.121]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id HTA04891 (AUTH halo1); Fri, 7 Sep 2007 21:18:57 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <38367.128.165.123.18.1189180468.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> (herring@lanl.gov) X-Detected-Kernel: FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.4) (2) 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:78178 Archived-At: > Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 08:54:28 -0700 (PDT) > From: "Davis Herring" > Cc: "Eli Zaretskii" , drew.adams@oracle.com, > "Jeremy Maitin-Shepard" , emacs-devel@gnu.org > > > IIUC it wouldn't harm to explicitly move the mouse-pointer there > > if focus-follows-mouse is non-nil and the window gets selected > > in a programmed way. Or does the API move the mouse pointer too > > when switching frames? > > IIUC it would be -necessary- to do so if point-to-focus were enabled, just > as it is on X with that policy. No, it isn't necessary. The fact that it's necessary on X is because there's no better way. But MS-Windows doesn't have that problem, so there's no need for that kludge.