On Fri, Mar 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM Alan Third <alan@idiocy.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 07, 2025 at 08:10:54PM +0000, Stefan Kangas wrote:
> > Ship Mints <shipmints@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > > This is a behavior difference from 29 and 30.  In my init, I have to
> > > manually raise the initial frame to avoid having to search for the new
> > > frame using the Mac app switcher.
> >
> > I see this behavior with Emacs 28 and 29 too, when starting Emacs from a
> > terminal window.  BTW, what is the workaround that you're using?
> >
> > Looking into this a little bit, I did find this API:
> >
> >     [main_window makeKeyAndOrderFront:nil];
> >
> >
> https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nswindow/makekeyandorderfront(_
> :)
> >
> > Alan, do you have any ideas or suggestions here?
>
> Not really. I do remember there was a bug report years ago about
> new frames not being selected correctly. IIRC we never got to the
> bottom of it... Bug#47731. I'm not sure this is the same thing, but
> it sounds similar.
>
> Why it would suddenly be more of an issue in Emacs 30? I've no idea.
>

I just tested my 29.4 and it works fine.  I see Gerd added:

  @interface EmacsView : NSView <NSTextInput, NSTextInputClient,
NSWindowDelegate>

where 29.4 was:

  @interface EmacsView : NSView <NSTextInput, NSWindowDelegate>

It's not obvious to me why that would matter but that's the most immediate
thing that jumps out.