`find-file-hook` seems not to have false negatives, at least. Using `(window-live-p (get-buffer-window (current-buffer) 'visible))` has false negatives for me (i.e., it returns nil for some interactive buffers).
Thanks, everyone. On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 11:06 PM Karthik Chikmagalur < karthikchikmaga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Org-mode occasionally opens files automatically, for instance, when > >> inserting or opening ID links, or during certain searches. I need to > >> determine if a buffer was opened programmatically or manually by the > user > >> within the startup hooks. This distinction is important because, e.g., I > >> want to automatically preview all LaTeX fragments if the buffer was > opened > >> by the user, but not if it was opened programmatically. > > > > AFAIK, there is no reliable way to do this. > > You may play around with `find-file-hook'. See `org-with-file-buffer' > > macro in org-macs.el (on main). > > A heuristic I use is to check if the window is visible. It's not > perfect but good enough for my use (which includes previewing LaTeX > fragments): > > (defun my/latex-preview-maybe () > (when (window-live-p (get-buffer-window (current-buffer))) > (org-latex-preview 'buffer) > (org-latex-preview-auto-mode 1))) > > (add-hook 'org-mode-hook #'my/latex-preview-maybe) > > Karthik >
