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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: `auto-dim-other-windows` -- scrutiny invited
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:13:34 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvd2ubcrck.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CACeWA3i=3pD4atNzH4mdk-P+LioXvxjM2uLuETKSZjuezYaNRQ@mail.gmail.com

> We could add overlays to every buffer, and whenever you change windows,
> remove the overlay from the current buffer and add it back to the previous
> buffer.

Auto-adding the overlays can be done in window-configuration-change-hook.
We're talking about N overlays per buffer where N is small (it's number of
windows where the buffer is displayed), so there's no performance
problem there.

> Or, we could have it reversed. We could only have an overlay on the current
> buffer at any given time, and give it the window of (selected-window), and
> keep updating these any time you change buffers or windows.

That would be a lot simpler, indeed, but I think it will be difficult
to make it look good.


        Stefan




  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-04-03 20:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-02 21:06 `auto-dim-other-windows` -- scrutiny invited Steven Degutis
2013-04-02 22:19 ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-04-02 22:48   ` Steven Degutis
2013-04-02 23:14     ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-04-02 23:19       ` Steven Degutis
     [not found]       ` <mailman.23338.1364944796.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-04-03 13:03         ` Michael Heerdegen
2013-04-03 13:27           ` Steven Degutis
     [not found] ` <mailman.23335.1364941179.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-04-03 13:11   ` Michael Heerdegen
2013-04-03 13:19     ` Steven Degutis
2013-04-03 14:44 ` Steven Degutis
2013-04-03 14:47   ` Mark Skilbeck
2013-04-03 14:52     ` Steven Degutis
2013-04-03 14:55       ` Mark Skilbeck
2013-04-03 15:09         ` Steven Degutis
2013-04-03 15:17           ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-04-03 15:15   ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-04-03 15:32     ` Steven Degutis
2013-04-03 16:03       ` Steven Degutis
2013-04-03 17:03         ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-04-03 17:13           ` Steven Degutis
2013-04-03 17:17             ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-04-03 17:42               ` Steven Degutis
2013-04-03 18:10                 ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-04-03 18:54                   ` Steven Degutis
2013-04-03 19:19                     ` Steven Degutis
2013-04-03 20:13         ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2013-04-03 20:22           ` Steven Degutis
2013-04-03 22:23             ` Stefan Monnier
2013-04-04 21:55               ` Drew Adams
2013-04-04 22:01                 ` Steven Degutis
2013-04-05 12:49                   ` Stefan Monnier
2013-04-06 19:23                     ` Drew Adams
     [not found]       ` <mailman.23406.1365005023.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-04-03 17:20         ` Michael Heerdegen
2013-04-03 17:44           ` Steven Degutis
2013-04-03 20:55           ` Steven Degutis
2013-04-04 16:02           ` Steven Degutis
2013-04-04  7:27         ` Joost Kremers
2013-04-04 20:52           ` Ludwig, Mark
2013-04-04 20:53             ` Steven Degutis
2013-04-04 21:31               ` Steven Degutis
2013-04-03 15:57   ` Ludwig, Mark
2013-04-03 16:06     ` Steven Degutis
2013-04-03 16:37     ` Drew Adams

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