GNU bug report logs - #50743
Emacsclient not tested vs. Local Variables prompt

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Message #82 received at 50743 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org, 50743 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 mkupfer <at> alum.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: bug#50743: Emacsclient not tested vs. Local Variables prompt
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2021 11:12:05 +0200

> And if you set server-raise-frame to nil, the "problem" happens in
> both cases, right?
>
> So I'm not sure this is a bug.  The user should switch to the correct
> frame to answer the question.  On my system, there's a prominent
> indication that the client frame needs my attention, but even if there
> isn't, the user should be vigilant enough to type the response into
> the right frame.
>
> If we do want to somehow raise the frame earlier, we should do it
> conditioned by server-raise-frame, because some users don't want the
> frame to raise and get input focus.  But it isn't clear to me where
> would be the correct place to raise the frame "earlier".

Maybe 'server-raise-frame' does too much when it triggers
'select-frame-set-input-focus'.  Still I consider it a bug when the user
gets prompted and the frame displaying the prompt doesn't have focus.

martin

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