Re: HowTo: Run a hook when a buffer becomes "current"

[Karl Fogel]

raman <address@hidden> writes:
>I was looking for a way of running a function  when a buffer becomes
>"current". I cant find any hooks in Emacs -- the closest is
>buffer-list-update-hook -- but that gets called way too often including
>when a buffer is buried, is visited transiently from within lisp code
>etc.
>
>Is there a hook that I'm missing, or  is advice the only fallback I have?

I'm curious what your larger goal is?

(Would want to know that before suggesting `select-buffer-hook' be created :-) 
...)