minor improvements

diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 7df7f8bb6b13b6fcf3402ce1a61b261a26e52d88..06863fd0b05aac86cc3cfdd4fe76f704a82880ce 100644 (file)
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -1520,8 +1520,10 @@ Go to the next directory based on where the cursor is."
 
   ;; todo, this is causing error message on loading file, prolly not working
   ;;(flycheck-mode +1)
-  (idle-highlight-mode)
-  (setq idle-highlight-idle-time 0.1)
+
+  ;; disabling in case it is interfering with my image-direct experiments.
+  ;; (idle-highlight-mode)
+  ;; (setq idle-highlight-idle-time 0.1)
 
 
 
@@ -1685,6 +1687,7 @@ or else the number of characters matched by `outline-regexp'."
 ;; since it is not easy to change the mark overlay priority, I change this one.
 (setq show-paren-priority 999)
 
+
 (defface visible-mark-active
   '((((type tty) (class mono)))
     (t (:background "magenta"))) "")
@@ -1697,6 +1700,8 @@ or else the number of characters matched by `outline-regexp'."
 (require 'visible-mark)
 
 (setq
+ ;; example. decided i actually wanted it there.
+;; global-visible-mark-mode-exclude-list (list "\\*image-dired\\*")
  visible-mark-faces '(visible-mark-face1 visible-mark-face2)
  visible-mark-forward-faces '(visible-mark-forward-face1)
  ;; highlight the last 2 marks
@@ -2213,7 +2218,7 @@ modes like org-mode which have their own yank function."
 ;; stop splitting windows verticallly when I open a buffer or shell
 (setq split-height-threshold nil)
 ;; 2025: trying this out just to experiment.
-(setq split-width-threshold nil)
+;;(setq split-width-threshold 160)
 
 ;;;;; s-left arrow - ---
 ;; cant be used in terminal