XEmacs/Win32: window handle in frame properties

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

>>>>> "Jan" == Jan Rychter <jan at rychter.com> writes:

>>>>> "APA" == Adrian Aichner <adrian at xemacs.org> writes:

    APA> Jan Rychter <jan at rychter.com> writes:

    >>> Is the window handle (HWND) of the current XEmacs frame (on
    >>> Win32 platforms) accessible in any way from Lisp level?

    APA> Hi Jan, what would you do with a HWND on the lisp level, if
    APA> you had one?

    APA> Do you need functionality like raise-frame lower-frame
    APA> frame-selected-window get-buffer-window etc?

    APA> Please give examples.

    Jan> Actually, none of the above. What I need to do with the
    Jan> handle is pass it to another program, running under Windows.

This facility is available under X, for the same reason.
Cf. `x-window-id'.  I see no reason why the handle information
shouldn't be available to Windows.


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