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23.2; Opening a window with emacsclient brings other window to front

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From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.2; Opening a window with emacsclient brings other window to front
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:12:03 +0100

When I open a window with emacsclient, my current window (in
Emacs-speak, “frame”) is raised.

I am not sure if this is an Emacs or a WM problem (I am using Compiz
under GNOME 2.30).

If I use the “-c” flag to emacsclient, my existing frame is not raised,
but two new frames are created instead of one, both of which disappear
when I type C-x #.


In GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.1)
 of 2010-06-13 on mord, modified by Debian
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10706000
configured using `configure  '--build' 'i486-linux-gnu' '--build' 'i486-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/lib' '--localstatedir=/var/lib' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-pop=yes' '--enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs23:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/23.2/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/23.2/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/23.2/leim' '--with-x=yes' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' '--with-toolkit-scroll-bars' 'build_alias=i486-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-DDEBIAN -g -O2' 'LDFLAGS=-g' 'CPPFLAGS=''

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_GB.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Text

Minor modes in effect:
  longlines-mode: t
  buffer-face-mode: t
  flyspell-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  savehist-mode: t
  minibuffer-electric-default-mode: t
  iswitchb-mode: t
  icomplete-mode: t
  global-auto-revert-mode: t
  desktop-save-mode: t
  smart-quotes-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  use-hard-newlines: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
<help-echo> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> M-x c h a n g 
e - c o d i n g <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> c o d i n g <tab> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <tab> <tab> <tab> <tab> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> C-g C-k <return> C-_ C-_ <down> 
<down> C-x <return> s d f l j k s f l j k s C-_ C-h 
a c o d i n g _ s y <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
- s y s t e m <return> C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-p 
C-p C-n C-n C-n 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-x b <return> M-x s e t - b u f f e r 
- f i l e - c o d i n g - s y s t e m <return> <tab> 
u t <tab> 3 2 <tab> <backspace> <backspace> 2 <backspace> 
<tab> 1 6 <return> C-x C-s f o o . c <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> . <backspace> o . t x t <return> M-< C-e 
C-e C-e C-n C-n C-e C-p C-e <backspace> C-x C-s <down> 
<down> <help-echo> M-x h e x l 0 m d e <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> - m o d e <return> 
y <switch-frame> <help-echo> <help-echo> C-x # <down-mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> C-x k <return> C-x C-f f o <tab> C-g C-x 
C-f W o <tab> C h <tab> <tab> <tab> O v <tab> <return> 
C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n 
C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n <down-mouse-1> 
<mouse-movement> <mouse-1> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<switch-frame> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> M-x b <backspace> 
r e p o r t - e m a c s - b u g <return>

Recent messages:
Type C-x 1 to remove help window.  
Making completion list... [2 times]
Wrote /home/rrt/foo.txt
Mark set
Saving file /home/rrt/foo.txt...
Wrote /home/rrt/foo.txt
Converting to hexl format discards undo info; ok? (y or n) 
Quit
Making completion list...
When done with a buffer, type C-x #

Load-path shadows:
/home/rrt/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/lua-mode hides /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/lua-mode/lua-mode
/home/rrt/.emacs.d/elpa/dictionary-1.8.7/link hides /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/dictionary-el/link
/home/rrt/.emacs.d/elpa/dictionary-1.8.7/connection hides /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/dictionary-el/connection
/home/rrt/.emacs.d/elpa/dictionary-1.8.7/dictionary-init hides /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/dictionary-el/dictionary-init
/home/rrt/.emacs.d/elpa/dictionary-1.8.7/dictionary hides /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/dictionary-el/dictionary
/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/css-mode/css-mode hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/css-mode/css-mode
/usr/share/emacs/23.2/site-lisp/auctex/tex-info hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/tex-info
/usr/share/emacs/23.2/site-lisp/auctex/context-nl hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/context-nl
/usr/share/emacs/23.2/site-lisp/auctex/context-en hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/context-en
/usr/share/emacs/23.2/site-lisp/auctex/latex hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/latex
/usr/share/emacs/23.2/site-lisp/auctex/tex-mik hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/tex-mik
/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/dictionary-el/lpath hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/lpath
/usr/share/emacs/23.2/site-lisp/auctex/tex-buf hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/tex-buf
/usr/share/emacs/23.2/site-lisp/auctex/tex-jp hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/tex-jp
/usr/share/emacs/23.2/site-lisp/auctex/tex-bar hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/tex-bar
/usr/share/emacs/23.2/site-lisp/auctex/tex hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/tex
/usr/share/emacs/23.2/site-lisp/auctex/multi-prompt hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/multi-prompt
/usr/share/emacs/23.2/site-lisp/auctex/tex-fptex hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/tex-fptex
/usr/share/emacs/23.2/site-lisp/auctex/tex-font hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/tex-font
/usr/share/emacs/23.2/site-lisp/auctex/tex-fold hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/tex-fold
/usr/share/emacs/23.2/site-lisp/auctex/texmathp hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/texmathp
/usr/share/emacs/23.2/site-lisp/auctex/context hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/context
/usr/share/emacs/23.2/site-lisp/auctex/font-latex hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/font-latex
/usr/share/emacs/23.2/site-lisp/auctex/bib-cite hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/bib-cite
/usr/share/emacs/23.2/site-lisp/auctex/toolbar-x hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/toolbar-x
/usr/share/emacs/23.2/site-lisp/auctex/tex-style hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/tex-style
/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-init hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-init
/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-parse hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-parse
/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-info hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-info
/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-html hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-html
/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-other hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-other
/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/psgml/psgml hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml
/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-charent hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-charent
/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-sysdep hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-sysdep
/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-ids hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-ids
/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-dtd hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-dtd
/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-api hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-api
/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-edit hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-edit
/usr/share/emacs/23.2/site-lisp/cdargs hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/cdargs
/usr/share/emacs/23.2/site-lisp/cscope/xcscope hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/xcscope
/usr/share/emacs/23.2/site-lisp/cmake-data/cmake-mode hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/cmake-mode
/usr/share/emacs/23.2/site-lisp/debian-startup hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/debian-startup
/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/css-mode/css-mode hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/textmodes/css-mode
/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/flyspell hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/textmodes/flyspell
/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/ispell hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/textmodes/ispell
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/rst hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/textmodes/rst
/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/ruby1.8-elisp/ruby-mode hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/progmodes/ruby-mode

Features:
(shadow sort mail-extr message sendmail ecomplete rfc822 mml mml-sec
password-cache mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mailcap mail-parse rfc2231
rfc2047 rfc2045 qp ietf-drums mailabbrev nnheader gnus-util netrc
time-date mm-util mail-prsvr gmm-utils wid-edit mailheader canlock sha1
hex-util hashcash mail-utils emacsbug tempo sgml-mode psgml psgml-html
apropos hexl eldoc tabify man multi-isearch longlines help-mode view
whitespace info face-remap filladapt flyspell auto-dictionary-autoloads
dictionary-autoloads js2-mode-autoloads package reporter completing-help
ff-paths uniquify paren savehist minibuf-eldef iswitchb icomplete
autorevert time cus-start cus-load desktop server change-mode advice
help-fns advice-preload ansi-color php-mode derived etags cc-langs cl
cl-19 cc-mode cc-fonts cc-menus cc-cmds cc-styles cc-align cc-engine
cc-vars cc-defs speedbar sb-image ezimage dframe easymenu assoc lua-mode
regexp-opt comint ring etags-update smart-quotes easy-mmode edmacro
kmacro ispell ffap psgml-init emacs-goodies-el emacs-goodies-custom
emacs-goodies-loaddefs bbdb-autoloads preview-latex tex-site auto-loads
tooltip ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel x-win x-dnd
font-setting tool-bar dnd fontset image fringe lisp-mode register page
menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar mldrag mouse jit-lock
font-lock syntax facemenu font-core frame cham georgian utf-8-lang
misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese hebrew
greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese
case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev loaddefs button
minibuffer faces cus-face files text-properties overlay md5 base64
format env code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable
backquote make-network-process dbusbind system-font-setting
font-render-setting gtk x-toolkit x multi-tty emacs)

-- 
http://rrt.sc3d.org/

Message #8 received at 6619 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Cc: 6619 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6619: 23.2;
	Opening a window with emacsclient brings other window to front
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:16:54 +0800

Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org> writes:

> When I open a window with emacsclient, my current window (in
> Emacs-speak, “frame”) is raised.
>
> I am not sure if this is an Emacs or a WM problem (I am using Compiz
> under GNOME 2.30).
>
> If I use the “-c” flag to emacsclient, my existing frame is not raised,
> but two new frames are created instead of one, both of which disappear
> when I type C-x #.

Hi Reuben,

Sorry that no one got back to you on this old problem.  Could I check if
you still see it happening?

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