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Re: I'm still here

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From: Jim.Rees
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 1994 16:28
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In article <TKLD.94Apr15093643@scott.cogsci.ed.ac.uk>, tkld@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Kevin Davidson) writes:

  Jim> Completions frame says "Click mouse-2 on a completion to select it," but
  Jim> that's a lie.  Mouse 2 pastes like anywhere else.
  
    Untrue. Mouse 2 selects a completion.

I'll be generous here and assume that what you mean is it works for you.  So
the interesting question is why it works for you but not for me.  I haven't
really investigated this yet.

  Jim> how to suppress initial *scratch* frame?
  
    Try this:

I did, and I still get a *scratch* frame when I start emacs.  In case it
isn't clear, what I want is the equivalent of inhibit-initial-screen-mapping.

  Jim> minibuf autoraise doesn't work (wm bug?)
  
    Works for me with olvwm 3.3.

I have verified that this is a problem with my window manager.

  Jim> cursor is opaque sometimes
  
    That means that frame has the focus... :-) What do you really mean ?

I'd like to get normal X behavior.  If the frame has the focus, I should
have a reverse video block cursor.  If it doesn't, I should have a box
cursor.  I should never have an opaque black cursor, and that's what I get
sometimes.  It's not consistent, and I don't know how to reproduce it.

  Jim> better frame placement would be nice.
  
    Better, how ?

Regular frames should never obscure the minibuf frame.  This isn't a killer,
just a wishlist item.

  Jim> dragging mouse 1 shouldn't move point
  
    You mean you want secondary selections, rather than primaries ?

I want the same thing epoch gives me, whatever that's called.  Dragging
mouse 1 should leave point unchanged, set and move the mark, and hilight the
region and copy it to the X cut buffer (or whatever they're calling it this
week).  I know I can do this, I just haven't figured out how yet.

  Jim> pasting from X is really strange!  funny delays.
  
    Untrue.

Again, I'll assume that what you mean is that it works for you.

  Jim> gnuclient doesn't return until emacs exits.
   
    Untrue. C-x # makes it return as usual.

I want it to return when I delete the frame.
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Subject: Re: I'm still here
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