Subject: Re: bug#19012: 25.0.50; `help-window-select'

From: martin rudalics <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:37:11 +0100

>> What is "*this* bug"?  You attribute a behavior you observe to a
 >> variable that does not and cannot control that behavior.
 >
 > Bug 19012.

Then give us a recipe so we can reproduce that "bug".  Sections 51.3
"Understanding Bug Reporting" and 51.4 "Checklist for Bug Reports" of
the Emacs manual will give you further guidance.  Here with emacs -Q
and evaluating

(setq pop-up-frames t)
(setq w32-grab-focus-on-raise nil)
(setq help-window-select t)

(defun 1on1-display-*Help*-frame (buf &optional args)
   "Display *Help* buffer in its own frame.
`special-display-function' is used to do the actual displaying.
BUF and ARGS are the arguments to `special-display-function'."
   (let ((old-ptr-shape  (and (boundp 'x-pointer-shape) x-pointer-shape))
         return-window)
     (when (boundp 'x-pointer-xterm)
       (setq x-pointer-shape  x-pointer-xterm))
     (setq return-window  (select-window
                           (funcall special-display-function buf args)))
     (raise-frame)
     (setq x-pointer-shape  old-ptr-shape)
     return-window))

(add-to-list
  'special-display-buffer-names
  (list "*Help*" '1on1-display-*Help*-frame
        (list '(height . 40))))

both C-h f and C-h v select the window showing *Help*.

martin