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bug#51862: after-focus-change-function: hard to understand documentation
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#51862: after-focus-change-function: hard to understand documentation |
Date: |
Tue, 16 Nov 2021 08:57:20 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> writes:
>> -- Variable: after-focus-change-function This function is an extension
>> point that code can use to receive a notification that focus has
>> changed.
>
> Why does this use the terminology "extension point"? We don't use that
> anywhere else in the ELisp manual.
That's an odd way of putting it, yes.
> Could we have a simpler interface for this? If not, could we perhaps
> include some examples that would explain in a straightforward way what
> one would need to do?
I think it would make sense to add a different mechanism here. People
who need this want two things: The affected frame and the new status
(i.e., focus-in and focus-out). So the function should be called with
these two arguments.
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