GNU bug report logs - #25701
25.1; Fresh build on OS X doesn't get keyboard control after spawned

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From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
To: Edgar A <edgar.factorial <at> gmail.com>, 25701 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25701: 25.1; Fresh build on OS X doesn't get keyboard control
 after spawned
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 08:05:53 +0000

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Edgar A <edgar.factorial <at> gmail.com> schrieb am Mo., 13. Feb. 2017 um
08:39 Uhr:

> Hello,
>
> I'm on 862d6438cfa6c6c035033697751f3d002357b024 and built emacs with:
> `./configure --without-makeinfo`. This resulted in the binaries under
> `src` called `emacs` and `emacs-26.0.50.1`. Now when I start these
> binaries in a shell then the GUI does not end up getting the keyboard
> control and it continues typing in the shell. In addition, focus never
> shifts to the GUI and click on the top bar doesn't change focus to emacs
> although I'm able to move the GUI about.
>

These binaries aren't proper application bundles in the macOS sense, so you
can't run them directly. Run
   make install && open nextstep/Emacs.app
instead.

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