GNU bug report logs - #15029
24.3; feature-request: add window-focus-lost-hook

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, 15029 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, dmol <at> gmx.com
Subject: bug#15029: 24.3; feature-request: add window-focus-lost-hook
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 19:56:51 +0300

> Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 11:46:15 -0400
> From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 15029 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, dmol <at> gmx.com
> 
>         [ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider
>         [ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,
>         [ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example.
> 
>     We are talking about when the input focus enters and leaves Emacs in a
>     GUI environment.
> 
> It's the same kind of issue.  I don't think Emacs should run any Lisp
> code when that happens -- it would make things hard to predict.

I think that ship sailed a long time ago.  E.g., moving the mouse
pointer from one frame to another erases the echo area on the former
and displays the same message in the latter.

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