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authorChong Yidong2009-03-25 14:18:31 +0000
committerChong Yidong2009-03-25 14:18:31 +0000
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(Focus Events): Most X window managers don't use focus-follows-mouse
nowadays.
-rw-r--r--doc/lispref/commands.texi13
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/commands.texi b/doc/lispref/commands.texi
index e767574cecf..3eb339825cf 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/commands.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/commands.texi
@@ -1567,13 +1567,12 @@ Focus events are represented in Lisp as lists that look like this:
1567@noindent 1567@noindent
1568where @var{new-frame} is the frame switched to. 1568where @var{new-frame} is the frame switched to.
1569 1569
1570Most X window managers are set up so that just moving the mouse into a 1570Some X window managers are set up so that just moving the mouse into a
1571window is enough to set the focus there. Emacs appears to do this, 1571window is enough to set the focus there. Usually, there is no need
1572because it changes the cursor to solid in the new frame. However, there 1572for a Lisp program to know about the focus change until some other
1573is no need for the Lisp program to know about the focus change until 1573kind of input arrives. Emacs generates a focus event only when the
1574some other kind of input arrives. So Emacs generates a focus event only 1574user actually types a keyboard key or presses a mouse button in the
1575when the user actually types a keyboard key or presses a mouse button in 1575new frame; just moving the mouse between frames does not generate a
1576the new frame; just moving the mouse between frames does not generate a
1577focus event. 1576focus event.
1578 1577
1579A focus event in the middle of a key sequence would garble the 1578A focus event in the middle of a key sequence would garble the