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: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab <at> web.de>, 7269 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
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: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 19:15:02 +0800

> > 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.

Since no one has spoken up against making focus-follows-mouse nil, I
made it so; committed to trunk.
This bug report was last modified 14 years and 160 days ago.

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