Re: `auto-dim-other-windows` -- scrutiny invited

[Mark Skilbeck]

Apologies for being an ass in response.

- mgsks (a new auto-dim-other-buffers user)

On Wed, Apr 03, 2013 at 09:52:22AM -0500, Steven Degutis wrote:
> Okay okay I admit, that was an arrogant and pointless thing to say. Forgive
> me.
> 
> -Steven
> 
> 
> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Mark Skilbeck <m@iammark.us> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Apr 03, 2013 at 09:44:07AM -0500, Steven Degutis wrote:
> > > It's now called `auto-dim-other-buffers` and it just got a whole lot more
> > > efficient and faster:
> > https://github.com/sdegutis/auto-dim-other-buffers.el
> > >
> > > There's one bug left that I don't know how to fix: for some reason,
> > > anything echoed in the echo area is dimmed. Not really sure why or even
> > how.
> > >
> > > Why didn't anything like this exist all this time? I've checked
> > > stackoverflow for something like this months ago and the "chosen answer"
> > > was to just use a more distinct modeline. But this is much better.
> >
> > You're a real hero.
> >
> > >
> > > -Steven
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Steven Degutis <sbdegutis@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > >     (defun auto-dim-other-windows ()
> > > >       (make-face 'sd/dimmed-font)
> > > >       (set-face-attribute 'sd/dimmed-font nil :background "black")
> > > >
> > > >       (defun sd/prominantize-current-buffer (fn)
> > > >         (buffer-face-set 'sd/dimmed-font)
> > > >         (funcall fn)
> > > >         (buffer-face-set nil))
> > > >
> > > >       (defmacro sd/advise-window-changing-fn (fn)
> > > >         `(defadvice ,fn (around window-changing-fn-advice activate)
> > > >            (sd/prominantize-current-buffer (lambda () ad-do-it))))
> > > >
> > > >       (sd/advise-window-changing-fn other-window)
> > > >       (sd/advise-window-changing-fn other-frame)
> > > >       (sd/advise-window-changing-fn next-buffer)
> > > >       (sd/advise-window-changing-fn previous-buffer)
> > > >       (sd/advise-window-changing-fn quit-window)
> > > >       (sd/advise-window-changing-fn mouse-select-window))
> > > >
> > > > -Steven
> > > >
> >