Re: [PATCH] frame.c: focus hooks

[Brian Jenkins <brian@brianjenkins.org>]

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Thanks for the encouragement and feedback, Bozhidar.

I'm not married to the names.  I noticed that terms for focus gain/loss
seem to vary between platforms, so I used the event names used elsewhere in
the Emacs source.

Perhaps "focus-gain-hook" and "focus-loss-hook" would be more intuitive?

Brian


On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Bozhidar Batsov <bozhidar@batsov.com>wrote:

> I welcome your idea! In fact I've been thinking for quite some time we
> needed something like this. I don't like the names of the hooks, however,
> since they don't seem particularly standard - usually the terminology used
> with focus is "focus gained" and "focus lost" (or "on focus" and "on lose
> focus").
>
>
> On 17 November 2013 19:50, Brian Jenkins <brian@brianjenkins.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello.
>>
>> I'd like to contribute the attached patch, which adds hooks into gain and
>> loss of focus events.
>>
>> This allows saving all buffers on loss of focus.  (Alt-tabbing between
>> an editor and browser is a popular workflow for web programmers.)
>>
>> It also allows reversion of buffers on regain of focus, convenient if
>> one is switching between Emacs and another editor.
>>
>> People will probably find other handy uses for these hooks.
>>
>> Best,
>> Brian Jenkins
>>
>
>

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