emacs-emojify

commit 129755d2ec5717bc4f240e2c13660b673c45022e
parent 17dee8f70d4340aa6e1c17a77ee5acf11713d600
Author: Iqbal Ansari <iqbalansari02@yahoo.com>
Date:   Mon, 27 Apr 2020 03:14:56 +0530

Disable `buffer-list-update-hook` in emojify-string

Since the function creates a temporary buffer, the hook gets invoked
unnecessarily confusing EXWM's focus tracking code, which makes it impossible to
switch between X11 frames

Diffstat:
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emojify.el
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1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/emojify.el b/emojify.el
@@ -1300,7 +1300,14 @@ TARGET can either be a buffer object or a special value mode-line.  It is used
 to indicate where EMOJI would be displayed, properties like font-height are
 inherited from TARGET if provided.  See also `emojify--get-text-display-props'."
   (emojify-create-emojify-emojis)
-  (let ((emojify-emoji-styles (or styles emojify-emoji-styles)))
+  (let ((emojify-emoji-styles (or styles emojify-emoji-styles))
+        ;; Temporarily disable all `buffer-list-update-hook's, with-temp-buffer
+        ;; internally calls `get-buffer-create' (and `kill-buffer'), which cause
+        ;; this hook to be run. This is problematic because EXWM uses
+        ;; `buffer-list-update-hook' and this temporary buffer confuses EXWM's
+        ;; tracking code leading to
+        ;; https://github.com/iqbalansari/emacs-emojify/issues/64
+        buffer-list-update-hook)
     (with-temp-buffer
       (insert string)
       (emojify-display-emojis-in-region (point-min) (point-max) target)