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bug#50743: Emacsclient not tested vs. Local Variables prompt


From: martin rudalics
Subject: bug#50743: Emacsclient not tested vs. Local Variables prompt
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2021 11:12:05 +0200

> And if you set server-raise-frame to nil, the "problem" happens in
> both cases, right?
>
> So I'm not sure this is a bug.  The user should switch to the correct
> frame to answer the question.  On my system, there's a prominent
> indication that the client frame needs my attention, but even if there
> isn't, the user should be vigilant enough to type the response into
> the right frame.
>
> If we do want to somehow raise the frame earlier, we should do it
> conditioned by server-raise-frame, because some users don't want the
> frame to raise and get input focus.  But it isn't clear to me where
> would be the correct place to raise the frame "earlier".

Maybe 'server-raise-frame' does too much when it triggers
'select-frame-set-input-focus'.  Still I consider it a bug when the user
gets prompted and the frame displaying the prompt doesn't have focus.

martin





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