Re: Advicing select-windows, shr rendering, and per-buffer-theme package

[Stefan Monnier]

> See thread I had on this list re  hooking sound themes based on current
> mode -- I ran into this issue as well. As far as I know, it's more than
> just shr/eww that triggers this: if you look, select-window gets called
> way more often than you'd expect.

Indeed, `current-buffer' and `selected-window' don't correspond really
to the user's perception, because they can be changed temporarily
without the user even noticing (and it's not just a theoretical
possibility but is something that happens often enough).

> After suggestions from folks like John, I ended up implementing my
> solution via an idle timer, you can see the relevant code here:

Sounds like a better option, indeed.


        Stefan