Re: address@hidden: Re: focus-follows-mouse should be nil by default on MS Windows]

[martin rudalics]

> There are window managers that does not allow focus changes outside the
> window
> that has the mouse in it, if focus follows mouse.  Metacity and sawfish
> calls this mode focus-follows-mouse-strict.  In that case, the code
> above moves the mouse to the new window so it gets the focus.  It is not
> documented what window managers should do in this situation, so
> different implementations exist.
>

I think Windows never had a thing like "focus-follows-mouse-strict" or
"focus-under-mouse".  Windows' official non-click philosophy is to
change focus (and possibly autoraise) iff the mouse _enters_ a new
window.  That is, you have to explicitly click on the desktop in order
to "give it focus".  Raising a window automatically gives it focus.

I'm on Windows ME where focus changes by default would happen
instantaneously, that's why I'm using a somewhat infamous thing called
TXMouse which is, however, "sloppy" too.  Hence, in my opinion, changing
the value of `focus-follows-mouse' won't have any impact on existing
Windows implementations.