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Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 7cfe2dc: In edebug in GUIs, move focus to the s


From: Alan Mackenzie
Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 7cfe2dc: In edebug in GUIs, move focus to the selected frame.
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 19:21:32 +0000
User-agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13)

Hello, Stefan.

On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 15:07:42 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > I thought about that, but in the end decided that could be a bit heavy
> > for when information is only being displayed, i.e. in
> > edebug-trace-display.

> If the intention is only to display the code shouldn't use pop-to-buffer
> but display-buffer.

The doc string of display-buffer is a bit of a heavy read at this time
of night.  ;-)

> > This bit of the code surely originates from the time before frames were
> > implemented.

> [ Probably, but since most Emacs users don't actually make use of multiple
>   frames, a lot of code written much more recently also suffers from the
>   same kinds of "outdated" assumptions.  ]

Most Emacs users restrict themselves to just one frame?  Ouch!  I
couldn't work like that!

>         Stefan

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).



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