GNU bug report logs - #6888
mouse-autoselect-window on OS X

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Message #11 received at 6888 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Éric Martin <emartin <at> cse.unsw.edu.au>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 6888 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6888: 23.2; Problem with focus-follows-mouse on OS X
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:12:02 +0200

On 20/08/2010, at 8:03 PM, Glenn Morris wrote:

> Éric Martin wrote:
> 
>> '(focus-follows-mouse t)
>> '(mouse-autoselect-window t))
> [...]
>> it is still necessary to click on a window to select it.
> 
> Your subject says "problem with focus-follows-mouse", but your use of
> the word "window" above suggests a problem with mouse-autoselect-window.
> 

Sorry, I should have written "problem with mouse_autoselect_window or focus-follows-mouse", as it seems that both variables need to be set properly for the feature to work.

> There appears to be no code in src/ns*.m that does anything with
> mouse_autoselect_window, so it looks to me like this feature is not
> implemented for NS.

Ok, so some features implemented in Emacs 22 have been dropped in Emacs 23?

> 
>> In GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin10.4.0, NS apple-appkit-1038.32)
>> of 2010-08-20 on new-host.home
>> Windowing system distributor `Apple', version 10.3.1038
>> configured using `configure  '--with-ns''

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