GNU bug report logs - #45844
27.1; unwanted raising of other frame when emacs is in the backgound and switch-to-buffer is used in a dedicated frame

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From: emacser <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: "45844 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <45844 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#45844: 27.1; unwanted raising of other frame when emacs is in the backgound and switch-to-buffer is used in a dedicated frame
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 08:20:55 +0000

On Thursday, January 14, 2021 8:40 AM, martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at> wrote:
>
> Sorry but we can't do that.`switch-to-buffer' has to provide the window the next keystroke will be addressed to. That is carved in stone. I still don't understand why you insist on using`switch-to-buffer'
> here. Why don't you just call `display-buffer' if you don't want to
> edit that buffer anyway?
>

I'll try that, I only found it strange that if a background timer uses
switch-to-buffer and the frame is in in the background then why the frame
is raised. If it's not triggered by a user interaction then there is
no practical reason to bring the frame into the foreground, because the
user is using an other app, so he doesn't want to type into that frame
at that point. The frame should only switch to the buffer and remain in the
background, so when the user get backs to emacs then he can see the result
of the background process presented to him.

It sounds like a bug to me, but I accept if you say it's hard to implement
for some reason and I'll change my code to use an other method.

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