Re: set-window-point

[Nick Roberts]

 >     SET-WINDOW-POINT DOESN'T SEEM TO ALWAYS WORK.
 > 
 > What do you mean by "work"?  What in fact happens when you call it?
 > Your description doesn't include that information.

I mean set-window-point doesn't change point and the cusor remains where
it was (at the start of the buffer).

 > The only response I can give is a general one.  People often
 > misunderstand what set-window-point is supposed to do in cases where
 > one buffer is displayed at times in various windows.  Is that what
 > happened here?

I think it may be due to the interaction between the window-manager and
Emacs.  Odd things happen when there is more than one frame. The display-buffer
problem that I posted earlier relates to make-frame where the doc says:

doc> This function itself does not make the new frame the selected frame.
doc> The previously selected frame remains selected.  However, the
doc> window system may select the new frame for its own reasons, for
doc> instance if the frame appears under the mouse pointer and your
doc> setup is for focus to follow the pointer.

In my case it selects the frame even though the window manager is configured
for click to focus.

When using Edebug, I find that it can select a buffer displaying the current
code (the mode line goes dark) without selecting the frame, which seems
contradictory.

These problems are probably to obscure to convey over e-mail.  I will try to
debug the C code one day.

Nick