From: Steven Degutis <sbdegutis@gmail.com>
To: "Óscar Fuentes" <ofv@wanadoo.es>
Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: `auto-dim-other-windows` -- scrutiny invited
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 12:13:24 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CACeWA3gqFo8cTGF55V_d0LbXha7Cq9+MZ3z8i=YeFNs6xztq6w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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Can minor modes be enabled/disabled on a per-window basis? If not, I think
this doesn't solve the problem.
-Steven
On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es> wrote:
> Steven Degutis <sbdegutis@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > 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. This would
> > successfully "differentiate" the current window from every other window
> and
> > allow you to style it differently. But it has the problem of being the
> > exact inverse of the original goal, which is to dim other windows. It
> would
> > be more like `auto-prominentize-current-window`.
> >
> > The problem would then be that you now need to make the current buffer
> look
> > different than the default face. But by definition, the default face is
> > *exactly* what you want to be editing in.
> >
> > So one hacky way to solve this is to somehow "switch out" the default
> face
> > with the one you want to be considered "dimmed", and give the
> > current-window-overlay the face that was originally your "default face".
> >
> > This seems like it *could* work, but it's terrifying. Absolutely
> > terrifying. I don't know if I'm qualified for this task, especially
> since I
> > barely know elisp.
>
> This is the task of a global minor mode. As you probably know, minor
> modes can be activated and deactivated at whim. On activation, the minor
> mode stores the default background and changes it for the "dimmed" one.
> Then applies an overlay to the buffer in the active window, assigning
> the `window' property. When the user deactivates the minor mode, the
> previous default background is recovered.
>
> There are details like what happens if the user changes the default
> background while the minor mode is activated and dealing with the fact
> that the default background is per-frame.
>
>
>
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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 [this message]
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
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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