Re: select-window focus problem [was: Re: minor compile.el bug]

Friday, 1 May 1998

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>>>> "Hrvoje" == Hrvoje Niksic
<hniksic(a)srce.hr&gt; writes: Hrvoje> 
Hrvoje> Ben Wing <ben(a)666.com&gt; writes:
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> This business of binding focus follows mouse to nil and then
calling
> sit-for 0 is really really evil.  I think the correct solution is to
> make a new command focus-on-frame, somewhat analogous to
> switch-to-buffer, that directly changes the window manager's focus.
Hrvoje> 
Hrvoje> Maybe `set-frame-focus' would be a better name.

I can do this.  I assume Ben meant a C primitive, not a lisp function
using the same bind focus-follows-mouse and sit-for 0 hack.  This
should be easy, and I will clean up those messy externs while I'm at
it.  Then I'll update the docs not to mention that abomination.  
BTW Hrvoje, thanks for cleaning up my docs patch.

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> Also, do there exist forms save-selected-frame and
> with-selected-frame?  If not, there should be. Hrvoje> 
Hrvoje> I can code and document these.

OK.  Ben do you intend these to just be macros using select-frame and
unwind-protect? 

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> Also, focus-follows-mouse needs to be a console property instead
of
> just a simple variable. Hrvoje> 
Hrvoje> Oops!  Yes, you are right.  Should we make it a console method, and
Hrvoje> use the magic symbol stuff for compatibility?  Or, should we make it a 
Hrvoje> console-local variable, which is kludgier but creates less problems?
Hrvoje> 
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> Also, the default value of focus-follows-mouse should be set
> according to the window manager's focus policy.  This might entail
> some special case code for particular window managers (each of which
> has their own protocol for obtaining this property), with a default
> value of nil under Unix and true under Windows. Hrvoje> 
Hrvoje> Why not the opposite -- nil under Windows, and true under Unix?

OK, but I have no clue how to do these last two....

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