>> Why is focus-follows-mouse t by default on MS Windows? The doc string says:
>>
>> "Non-nil if window system changes focus when you move the mouse.
>> You should set this variable to tell Emacs how your window manager
>> handles focus, since there is no way in general for Emacs to find out
>> automatically."
>>
>> Since MS Windows does not change focus when you move the mouse, the
>> value should be nil, by default.
> Does setting it to nil really change anything for you, on Windows? It
> doesn't for me, AFAICS. I always thought the Windows window manager
> cannot be controlled in this way, it sets its own focus policy.
> (FWIW, I always change the latter to follow the mouse, since I hate
> the extra click and hate even more that the window that gets focus is
> always rasied.)
Eli: this variable is not meant to control the window manager, but to inform
Emacs of what is the window manager's behavior.
Stefan
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