Homepage: https://github.com/mina86/auto-dim-other-buffers.el
Author: Michal Nazarewicz
Updated:
Makes windows without focus less prominent
The ‘auto-dim-other-buffers-mode’ is a global minor mode which makes windows
without focus less prominent. With many windows in a frame, this mode helps
recognise which is the selected window by providing a non-intrusive but still
noticeable visual indicator.
The preferred way to install the mode is by grabbing ‘auto-dim-other-buffers’
package form MELPA:
M-x package-install RET auto-dim-other-buffers RET
Once installed, the mode can be turned on (globally) with:
M-x auto-dim-other-buffers-mode RET
To make the mode enabled every time Emacs starts, add the following to Emacs
initialisation file (see `user-init-file'):
(add-hook 'after-init-hook (lambda ()
(when (fboundp 'auto-dim-other-buffers-mode)
(auto-dim-other-buffers-mode t))))
To configure how dimmed buffers look like, change
`auto-dim-other-buffers-face' and `auto-dim-other-buffers-hide-face' faces.
Those faces as well as other settings can be found in
‘auto-dim-other-buffers’ group which can be accessed with:
M-x customize-group RET auto-dim-other-buffers RET
Note that despite it, the mode operates on *windows* rather than buffers. In
other words, selected window is highlighted and all other windows are dimmed
even if they display the same buffer. The package is named
`auto-dim-other-buffer' for historical reasons.