Re: `auto-dim-other-windows` -- scrutiny invited

[Mark Skilbeck]

On Wed, Apr 03, 2013 at 09:44:07AM -0500, Steven Degutis wrote:
> It's now called `auto-dim-other-buffers` and it just got a whole lot more
> efficient and faster: https://github.com/sdegutis/auto-dim-other-buffers.el
> 
> There's one bug left that I don't know how to fix: for some reason,
> anything echoed in the echo area is dimmed. Not really sure why or even how.
> 
> Why didn't anything like this exist all this time? I've checked
> stackoverflow for something like this months ago and the "chosen answer"
> was to just use a more distinct modeline. But this is much better.

You're a real hero.

> 
> -Steven
> 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Steven Degutis <sbdegutis@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >     (defun auto-dim-other-windows ()
> >       (make-face 'sd/dimmed-font)
> >       (set-face-attribute 'sd/dimmed-font nil :background "black")
> >
> >       (defun sd/prominantize-current-buffer (fn)
> >         (buffer-face-set 'sd/dimmed-font)
> >         (funcall fn)
> >         (buffer-face-set nil))
> >
> >       (defmacro sd/advise-window-changing-fn (fn)
> >         `(defadvice ,fn (around window-changing-fn-advice activate)
> >            (sd/prominantize-current-buffer (lambda () ad-do-it))))
> >
> >       (sd/advise-window-changing-fn other-window)
> >       (sd/advise-window-changing-fn other-frame)
> >       (sd/advise-window-changing-fn next-buffer)
> >       (sd/advise-window-changing-fn previous-buffer)
> >       (sd/advise-window-changing-fn quit-window)
> >       (sd/advise-window-changing-fn mouse-select-window))
> >
> > -Steven
> >