`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 <
karthikchikmagalur@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
>