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diff --git a/man/frames.texi b/man/frames.texi index 4eb0a523cad..29ece2d0dc2 100644 --- a/man/frames.texi +++ b/man/frames.texi @@ -547,12 +547,18 @@ Delete all frames except the selected one. how the system (or the window manager) generally handles focus-switching between windows. There are two possibilities: either simply moving the mouse onto a window selects it (gives it focus), or -you have to click on it in a suitable way to do so. Unfortunately -there is no way Emacs can find out automatically which way the system -handles this, so you have to explicitly say, by setting the variable -@code{focus-follows-mouse}. If just moving the mouse onto a window -selects it, that variable should be @code{t}; if a click is necessary, -the variable should be @code{nil}. +you have to click on it in a suitable way to do so. On X, this focus +policy also affects whether the focus is given to a frame that Emacs +raises. Unfortunately there is no way Emacs can find out +automatically which way the system handles this, so you have to +explicitly say, by setting the variable @code{focus-follows-mouse}. +If just moving the mouse onto a window selects it, that variable +should be @code{t}; if a click is necessary, the variable should be +@code{nil}. + +The window manager that is part of MS-Windows always gives focus to a +frame that raises, so this variable has no effect in the native +MS-Windows build of Emacs. @node Speedbar @section Speedbar Frames |