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24.3.50.1; Possibly incorrect behaviour of frame-selected-window

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Message #26 received at 14604 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: E Sabof <esabof <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 14604 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14604: 24.3.50.1;
 Possibly incorrect behaviour of frame-selected-window
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 13:50:20 -0400

> (defvar user-selected-window nil)
> (defun register-user-location ()
>   (setq user-selected-window (selected-window)))
> (add-hook 'post-command-hook 'register-user-location)

> (setq-default
>   mode-line-format
>   '(:eval (if (eq user-selected-window (selected-window))
>               "selected"
>               "not-selected")))

That will usually work, except for corner-cases where redisplay happens
in the middle of a command, or when the selected window is modified
between commands (e.g. from a process sentinel).

You can make it reliable with the use of the new
`pre-redisplay-function' hook (instead of post-command-hook), which
I just added yesterday.

Of course, making it reliable doesn't mean it's not an omission.
I tend to agree that it would be good to provide access to that info
more directly.


        Stefan

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