From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "'Emacs-Devel'" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: view-mode exit hook?
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 08:03:10 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <000001c8f643$35f59db0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000c01c883aa$27cceec0$0600a8c0@us.oracle.com>
Resending.
> From: Drew Adams Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:00 PM
> Resending.
>
> Any arguments against adding such a hook?
> Argument for adding it is below.
>
> ----------
> From: Drew Adams Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 4:33 PM
>
> > > > Does it make sense for Emacs to have a `view-mode-exit-hook'?
> > >
> > > You can always think of `view-exit-action' as doing that.
> For example,
> > > there's no harm setting `view-exit-action' to a function
> that restores
> > > a frame configuration saved earlier. The question
> remains _which_ frame
> > > configuration you want to restore.
> >
> > `view-exit-action' is not currently a no-op, AFAICT. So
> adding the feature
> > of fitting the frame would not simply be a matter of
> setting or binding
> > `view-exit-action' to a `fit-frame' function. It would instead
> > mean _adding_ frame fitting to whatever `view-exit-action' might
> > already be doing. And that "whatever" is different, IIUC, depending
> > on how view-mode is exited, and even, I think, depending on how
> > view-mode was entered. (Again, I don't master that code,
> nor do I want
> > to.)
> >
> > `view-exit-action' is not simply a hook; it is more complex
> (and perhaps
> > more fragile). As I said, I can imagine tacking `fit-frame'
> onto whatever
> > `view-exit-action' does already, but I'd sooner advise
> > `view-mode-exit'. And neither of those prospects looks particularly
> > appealing (clean) to me.
> >
> > From what I've heard so far, there seems to be no recommended way
> > to handle this kind of thing. In that case, I ask again, shouldn't
> > there be a `view-mode-exit-hook'?
>
> How about such a hook?
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-03-11 19:00 FW: view-mode exit hook? Drew Adams
2008-08-04 15:03 ` Drew Adams [this message]
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2007-12-18 19:03 Drew Adams
2007-12-18 21:52 ` martin rudalics
2007-12-18 22:47 ` Drew Adams
2007-12-19 6:39 ` martin rudalics
2007-12-19 7:24 ` Drew Adams
2008-01-06 0:33 ` Drew Adams
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