Re: Stop frames stealing eachothers' minibuffers!

[Andrii Kolomoiets]

Madhu <enometh@meer.net> writes:

> * Alan Mackenzie <20201104173954.GA14535@ACM> :
> Wrote on Wed, 4 Nov 2020 17:39:54 +0000:
>> On Wed, Nov 04, 2020 at 18:47:10 +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>> > Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2020 21:08:53 +0000
>>> > From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
>>
>>> > OK, I've extracted a new function `live_minibuffer_p'  from
>>> > Fminibufferp, and call that directly from the mini-window emptying
>>> > code.  (The new second parameter in Fminibufferp is still needed,
>>> > since it is used in minibuffer.el.)
> [snip]
>
> On choosing the completion (via a button1 or by navigating to the
> desired point and typing RET) - the frame should be automatically
> hidden[1]
>
> This doesn't happen anymore and the completion buffer and frame remain
> there taking up focus.

Take a look at the 'minibuffer-follows-selected-frame' variable.
Setting it to 'nil' will solve your issue.

Alan, is it possible to make 'minibuffer-follows-selected-frame' nil by
default?