GNU bug report logs - #13954
Emacs for Windows: runemacs.exe launches Emacs behind other windows

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Packages: w32, emacs;

Reported by: Andrew Pennebaker <andrew.pennebaker <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:38:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo, unreproducible

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 13954 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Daniel Colascione <dancol <at> dancol.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 13954 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Andrew Pennebaker <andrew.pennebaker <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#13954: Emacs for Windows: runemacs.exe launches Emacs behind
	other windows
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:35:56 -0700

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On 3/14/2013 9:40 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:35:29 -0400
>> From: Andrew Pennebaker <andrew.pennebaker <at> gmail.com>
>>
>> This occurs in Windows XP up to Windows 8, with Emacs v24.2.1.
> 
> I cannot reproduce this, neither on XP nor on Windows 7.
> 
> Could you try the latest release 24.3?

How are you launching runemacs.exe? Windows has focus stealing prevention.
Please review the rules for SetForegroundWindow on MSDN and see whether your use
case satisfies the conditions mentioned for bringing a window to the fore.



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