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Kyle Jones writes:

> Steven L. Baur writes:
>> The only Right Thing to do is to never redirect keyboard focus, or
>> provide an option to that effect.

> Why is focus-follows-mouse nil by default?  Backward compatibility?

That is correct.  How many people expect C-x 5 f or C-x 5 b to throw
focus to the newly created frame?
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