From unknown Thu Jun 19 14:33:22 2025 X-Loop: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: bug#5287: current-buffer returns wrong value in X11 under OSX Reply-To: drew.mcdermott@yale.edu, 5287@debbugs.gnu.org Mail-Followup-To: drew.mcdermott@yale.edu, 5287@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-From: Drew McDermott Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:47:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 5287 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.126237160429412 (code B ref -1); Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:47:01 +0000 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Jan 2010 18:46:44 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NQmWJ-0007eL-Oj for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:46:44 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NQlrl-0007MC-Je for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:04:52 -0500 Received: from mx10.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]:57178) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NQlrh-0003Lt-5L for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:04:45 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NQlrc-0001iX-UY for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:04:44 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on monty-python X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]:39031) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NQlrc-0001iT-Pt for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:04:40 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NQlrc-0006iu-SM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:04:40 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NQlrX-0006iR-OV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:04:39 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48550 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NQlrX-0006iO-JV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:04:35 -0500 Received: from pantheon-po29.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.124]:44181) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NQlrX-0001iB-4k for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:04:35 -0500 Received: from dvm-Macbook.gateway.2wire.net (medvpn130132117090.med.yale.edu [130.132.117.90]) by pantheon-po29.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o01I4XPV014030 for ; Fri, 1 Jan 2010 13:04:34 -0500 Date: Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:04:33 -0500 Message-Id: From: Drew McDermott To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-Spam-Score: -3.4 (---) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:46:42 -0500 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -3.4 (---) If more than one emacs frame is open in X11 under OS X (version 10.5), then (current-buffer) seems to return the most recently created visible buffer, not the one that currently has X focus, which is what the user expects. This causes the menu-bar hooks to be unable to recalculate menu names based on which buffer is current. I never noticed this problem in emacs 21, so I conjecture that current-buffer worked correctly before version 22, but that's merely a conjecture. In GNU Emacs 22.3.1 (i386-apple-darwin9.8.0, X toolkit) of 2009-09-07 on dvm-Macbook Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10300000 configured using `configure '--with-x=yes'' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8 locale-coding-system: utf-8 default-enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: Emacs-Lisp Minor modes in effect: tooltip-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t unify-8859-on-encoding-mode: t utf-translate-cjk-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t line-number-mode: t Recent input: M-m C-p C-p C-a C-o ( s e t q SPC m m i * SPC m a r k s - m e n u - i t e m s ) M-x d v l M-: M-p M-: m m i i * * C-x b m m i * C-j C-x b M-v l C-f C-f C-k m e n u - l a b e l ) M-x d v l M-: M-p M-p C-x b * m m l * C-j C-x b M-v C-s l b - m a y b e - C-e C-c C-b f m C-a C-v C-c C-b j C-g C-u 0 C-c C-b j C-u C-c C-b j C-a C-c C-b m C-v C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-p C-p C-o C-( ( p u s h SPC ( c u r r e n t - b u f f e r ) SPC C-M-b s e t q SPC c b * SPC C-e ) M-x d v l M-: M-p C-c l C-c b * C-_ C-x b * s c r c b * C-j M-: ( c u r r e n t - b u f f e r ) C-x b M-: M-p # # # q C-x 5 b M-x v m y M-x r e p o r t - e m a c s - b u g Recent messages: Reordering messages... done 360 messages, 0 new, 168 unread, 0 deleted Generating summary... 360 Generating summary markers... 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Decoding quoted-printable... done Decoding MIME message... done 360 messages, 0 new, 168 unread, 0 deleted Loading emacsbug...done From unknown Thu Jun 19 14:33:22 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#5287: current-buffer returns wrong value in X11 under OSX Resent-From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 10:10:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 5287 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: drew.mcdermott@yale.edu Cc: 5287@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 5287-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B5287.13163405573409 (code B ref 5287); Sun, 18 Sep 2011 10:10:03 +0000 Received: (at 5287) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Sep 2011 10:09:17 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R5EJJ-0000sw-70 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 06:09:17 -0400 Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R5EJG-0000sp-V2 for 5287@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 06:09:15 -0400 Received: from cm-84.215.51.58.getinternet.no ([84.215.51.58] helo=stories.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1R5EEK-00087A-D5; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:04:08 +0200 From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen In-Reply-To: (Drew McDermott's message of "Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:04:33 -0500") Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:00:37 +0200 Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Now-Playing: Eurythmics's _Savage_: "Savage" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-MailScanner-ID: 1R5EEK-00087A-D5 X-Netfonds-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Netfonds-MailScanner-From: larsi@gnus.org MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1316945048.72938@eY9PHiDTx6DxEAhZes0T0Q X-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) Drew McDermott writes: > If more than one emacs frame is open in X11 under OS X (version 10.5), > then (current-buffer) seems to return the most recently created > visible buffer, not the one that currently has X focus, which is what > the user expects. This causes the menu-bar hooks to be unable to > recalculate menu names based on which buffer is current. > > I never noticed this problem in emacs 21, so I conjecture that > current-buffer worked correctly before version 22, but that's merely a > conjecture. Is this still a problem in a current Emacs version? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/ From unknown Thu Jun 19 14:33:22 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#5287: current-buffer returns wrong value in X11 under OSX Resent-From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2012 04:34:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 5287 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: drew.mcdermott@yale.edu Cc: 5287@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 5287-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B5287.132591078810082 (code B ref 5287); Sat, 07 Jan 2012 04:34:01 +0000 Received: (at 5287) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Jan 2012 04:33:08 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47463 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RjNxr-0002cU-Oz for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:33:08 -0500 Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:48526) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RjNxk-0002bR-PH for 5287@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:33:05 -0500 Received: from cm-84.215.51.58.getinternet.no ([84.215.51.58] helo=stories.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RjNxc-000215-3Y; Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:32:52 +0100 From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen References: X-Now-Playing: Fennesz, Sakamoto's _Flumina (1)_: "0401" Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:32:51 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:00:37 +0200") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-MailScanner-ID: 1RjNxc-000215-3Y X-Netfonds-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Netfonds-MailScanner-From: larsi@gnus.org MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1326515572.24067@hs/TUX/C3o6B+I6eDryFKg X-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes: > Drew McDermott writes: > >> If more than one emacs frame is open in X11 under OS X (version 10.5), >> then (current-buffer) seems to return the most recently created >> visible buffer, not the one that currently has X focus, which is what >> the user expects. This causes the menu-bar hooks to be unable to >> recalculate menu names based on which buffer is current. >> >> I never noticed this problem in emacs 21, so I conjecture that >> current-buffer worked correctly before version 22, but that's merely a >> conjecture. > > Is this still a problem in a current Emacs version? More information was requested, but no response was given within a few months, so I'm closing this bug report. If the problem still exists, please reopen this bug report. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/ From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Jan 06 23:33:07 2012 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Jan 2012 04:33:07 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47459 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RjNxo-0002bw-7E for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:33:07 -0500 Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:48528) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RjNxl-0002bS-7H for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:33:02 -0500 Received: from cm-84.215.51.58.getinternet.no ([84.215.51.58] helo=stories.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RjNxf-00021C-Jc for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:32:55 +0100 Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:32:55 +0100 Message-Id: To: control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Subject: control message for bug #5287 X-MailScanner-ID: 1RjNxf-00021C-Jc X-Netfonds-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Netfonds-MailScanner-From: larsi@gnus.org MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1326515575.71669@VtwSct/84QVBnrB1TOxieA X-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) close 5287