Re: Hooks for new buffers?

[Andreas Röhler]

Am 04.04.2013 22:12, schrieb Steven Degutis:
> I wrote auto-dim-other-buffers.el (
> https://github.com/sdegutis/auto-dim-other-buffers.el) a few days ago,
> which applies a "dimmed" face to non-current buffers.
>
> It adds to post-command-hook and after-change-major-mode-hook, the first as
> a catch-all "something changed" and the second as a hacky way of saying "a
> new buffer just got created".
>
> This mostly works. But sometimes new buffers are created that don't change
> major modes.

Hi Steven,

AFAIU it's quite simple: there is only one buffer current, where all other will be 
subject to "dimmed".
If right, solution will not be to look what others do, but run-with-idle timer 
a routine dimming
everything except the current buffer.

Just my thoght,

Andreas

For example, *magit-process* gets created at some point, and
> when I show it via $ inside magit-status, it's not dimmed. So it's not
> changing major modes.
>
> When I show the buffer via $, it probably triggers the post-command-hook,
> but my hook tries to be efficient, by only looking at the previous
> current-buffer and the new current-buffer. And this isn't either of those,
> since it just shows up in a new window but isn't given focus. I'm sure
> there are other situations like this.
>
> The easiest way to solve this is to find a hook that's called when new
> buffers are created, even if that's not its official purpose. Apparently
> after-change-major-mode-hook isn't enough, presumably because these never
> changed major modes. So is there such a hook?
>
> And if not, is there at least some hook that happens whenever new windows
> are opened?
>
> -Steven