From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#55828: Add command to edit a rectangle arbitrarily in a separate buffer Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2022 19:18:01 +0300 Organization: LINKOV.NET Message-ID: <86r13zkvxi.fsf@mail.linkov.net> References: <42925cc4927c79c1bf80ed4e3acf5581@webmail.orcon.net.nz> <868rq7myfs.fsf@mail.linkov.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="10348"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Cc: Michael Heerdegen , 55828@debbugs.gnu.org To: Phil Sainty Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 08 18:39:16 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nyyiB-0002Xj-Ba for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 08 Jun 2022 18:39:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52942 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nyyi9-0006gb-RP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 08 Jun 2022 12:39:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:59642) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nyyZJ-0000il-KW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Jun 2022 12:30:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:50160) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nyyZI-00056a-9n for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Jun 2022 12:30:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nyyZI-0008Rg-1W for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Jun 2022 12:30:04 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Juri Linkov Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2022 16:30:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 55828 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 55828-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B55828.165470574632324 (code B ref 55828); Wed, 08 Jun 2022 16:30:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 55828) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Jun 2022 16:29:06 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44049 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nyyYM-0008PI-9v for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 08 Jun 2022 12:29:06 -0400 Original-Received: from relay12.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.178.232]:52333) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nyyYJ-0008Oh-Bk for 55828@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 08 Jun 2022 12:29:05 -0400 Original-Received: (Authenticated sender: juri@linkov.net) by mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6B7A2200008; Wed, 8 Jun 2022 16:28:55 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: (Phil Sainty's message of "Wed, 08 Jun 2022 21:57:52 +1200") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:233984 Archived-At: > It does provide some boilerplate, but I'm not sure it makes > sense to shoe-horn the rectangle command into that framework > in its current form. Maybe with some enhancements it makes > sense, though. The initial version of string-edit is only 1 month old. So you are welcome to propose any improvements that will make it more useful for different use cases.