GNU bug report logs - #12218
24.2.50; vc-ediff: Pressing `n' moves focus away from ediff control panel

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 10:32:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.2.50

Fixed in version 24.3.50

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 12218 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 12218 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12218: 24.2.50; vc-ediff: Pressing `n' moves focus away from
	ediff control panel
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:07:49 +0200
> I am debian squeeze running Emacs from trunk (bzr version is visible in
> the attached screenshot). Emacs is launched like this:
>
>    ~/src/emacs/trunk/src/emacs  --debug-init -Q
>
> `ediff-grab-mouse' is at it's default value of t.

And what happens if you set it to nil (that's what I use for whatever
reason).  IIRC ediff's mouse grabbing code is very convoluted and partly
dead.

> I am attaching a screenshot of my desktop.
>
> I don't know whether the diff file has any bearing on the behaviour.
> The register.el on display is the one obtained by applying the
> bug12389.diff.
>
> This bug is bit of an annoyance.  I am happy you are lookng in to it.

I'm afraid I can't be of much help here.  I don't put the control panel
in an extra frame; I use `ediff-setup-windows-plain'.

martin




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