GNU bug report logs - #21796
[GTK] exiting ediff (with ediff-window-setup-function=ediff-setup-windows-default) can leave Emacs unresponsive to keyboard input

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From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: <duane <at> duaneellis.com>
Cc: Sean McAfee <smcafee <at> sungevity.com>, Mark Grosen <mark <at> grosen.org>,
 Jonathan Doull <jonathan <at> hotlink.technology>,
 johannes.muelmenstaedt <at> uni-leipzig.de, 20175 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Mohammad Toossi <mohammad <at> toossi.info>
Subject: Re: bug#20175: 24.4;
 Ubuntu upon exit from EDIFF mode keyboard no longer functions
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 18:35:49 -0400

merge 20175 21796
quit

<duane <at> duaneellis.com> writes:

> When does this occur:
>     Upon exit from EDIFF mode (press the letter q in the EDIFF window)
>     Ediff requests (in the main window) to confirm, I confirm
>     The EDIFF window closes and the problem occurs.
>
> What is observed:
>     The emacs window no longer accepts keyboard input
>     All other windows - etc work 100% perfect no problem.
>
> To exit Emacs
>     I must use the mouse and GUI window
>     I can use the mouse and switch buffers and copy/paste things
>     However *no* keyboard input works any more to any emacs window.
>     Example: If I create a second frame on the same display - both
> frames do not work.
>
> How easy is to to reproduce: Super easy, 100% of the time
> Repeatable when starting like this: "emacs -Q"

It looks the same as Bug#21796, but I can't reproduce it, even with a
GTK build.

It also looks similar to Bug#23583 which I am able to reproduce, but is
fixed in 26.1.

Does anyone still see this bug in 26.1?

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