Re: Display feature request: gud-overlay-arrow

[storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm)]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

>     It cannot possibly be worse than the current abuse of the post-command-hook
>     to do all sorts of things that would be better done by specific hooks like:
>
>
>     post-switch-buffer-hook  (when last command switched buffers)
>     post-switch-window-hook  (when last command switched windows)
>     post-modify-buffer-hook  (when last command modified selected buffer)
>
> Yes it can be worse.  With post-command-hook, things may happen while
> a certain buffer is current, but switching away and back has no effect
> on them.

I think I have expressed myself unclearly.  

The above hooks should not be called on-the-fly, but be executed just
ONCE (if applicable) _after_ running post-command-hook.

It would provide a safe way for code to do special things when the _user_
switches buffers or windows or modifies a buffer.

>
> Please consider the issue closed.

Ok.

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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> http://www.cua.dk