Re: Fwd: idle exit hook

[Stefan Monnier]

> A more common behavior (as in vs-code, atom and so on) is that when we
> press any key o perform any action to exit the "highlighted thing"; the
> highlight disappears immediately.

`pre-command-hook` seems like the obvious choice.

> This could be performed using a different hook, (post-command-hook) but
> it will require add and remove the hook constantly...

Adding/removing from such hooks is very cheap, so it's not a problem.
This said, you can also just leave it on `pre-command-hook` (and set
a variable to indicate when there's nothing to unhighlight).


        Stefan