Re: [gmane.emacs.help] Re: raise frame no go

[Leo]

* Jan Djärv (2007-01-04 12:42 +0100) said:
  ^^^^^^^^^
> Metacity (the default Gnome window manager) is a complete mess when
> it comes to raise frame.  Some versions works, some don't.  Some
> require the code below, some don't.  In some configurations
> (i.e. focus on click vs. focus on mouse) raise frame works, in some
> raise frame don't work.
>
> We must give up on creating workarounds for Metacity, and just tell
> people that metacity is buggy.  Ufortunately they have to figure out
> a workaround for themselves and their specific verion/configuration
> of metacity.

Havoc Pennington from Redhat has commented on this bug¹:

"I don't know if it's the problem, but the timestamp sent by that
Emacs code is gibberish, which could break something even if it isn't
the issue here.  (Assuming I understand the Emacs code.)

I don't believe raise-frame is intended to unconditionally work in
metacity, btw. This is legitimate window manager behavior and no spec
requires that the WM unconditionally honors a raise request."

Footnotes: 
¹  http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=392889
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Leo <sdl.web AT gmail.com>                         (GPG Key: 9283AA3F)