GNU bug report logs - #7269
24.0.50; opening a file via emacsclient -c <file> moves the mouse cursor to the top left of the frames buffer.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: arne_bab <at> web.de

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 20:30:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 7269 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Anders Kaseorg <andersk <at> MIT.EDU>
Subject: bug#7269: 24.0.50; opening a file via emacsclient -c <file> moves the mouse cursor to the top left of the frames buffer.
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 18:02:28 +0100

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> A workaround is M-x customize-save-variable focus-follows-mouse n.
>> It’s probably time to flip the default, since even on X these days there 
>> are only a small minority of focus-follows-mouse users.
>
> Even tho I love focus follows mouse, I'd tend to agree: not only it
> seems we're in the minority, but the nil value is a safer default since
> moving the mouse is something that should usually be avoided.

Nowadays focus follows mouse doesn't mean that the focus strictly
follows the mouse position, it can still be set independent of it.

Andreas.

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