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From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>,
	Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>,
	33007@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33007: 27.0.50; Proposal for function to edit and return string
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 18:36:13 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86sfpzvpoq.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <875ymwjhhi.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Tue, 26 Apr 2022 11:56:09 +0200")

>> Additionally: we have enough room to include such instructions in the
>> buffer itself.  There are many keybindings for aborting in use (also in
>> third party packages) like C-c ESC, C-c C-k, C-c C-a.  And when you need
>> to know which one it was the message is long gone.  We could use the
>> header-line, or the mode-line, or the buffer header used when using the
>> :help-text key.
>
> Putting the instructions into a header line might be the nicest solution
> here...

This is exactly what org-src-mode does after invoking ‘C-c '’ (org-edit-special).
Its header-line-format is:

  "Edit, then exit with `\\[org-edit-src-exit]' or abort with `\\[org-edit-src-abort]'"





  reply	other threads:[~2022-04-26 15:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-10-10 20:49 bug#33007: 27.0.50; Proposal for function to edit and return string Jean Louis
2018-10-11  2:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-10-11  6:33   ` Jean Louis
2018-10-11 13:31     ` Michael Heerdegen
2018-10-11 13:40       ` Jean Louis
2018-10-11 14:24       ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-10-11 20:20         ` Michael Heerdegen
2018-10-11 21:23           ` Drew Adams
2018-10-12  4:26           ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-10-12 11:26             ` Michael Heerdegen
2018-10-12 12:41               ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-04-24 13:15       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-25  3:00         ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-04-25  7:50           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-25 15:42             ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-25 22:26               ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-04-26  7:23                 ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-26  9:56                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-26 15:36                   ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2022-04-27 12:09                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-26  9:55               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-26 15:39                 ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-27 12:10                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-27 16:44                     ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-27 17:05                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-28  7:32                       ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-28 10:19                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-05-08 18:22                           ` Juri Linkov
2022-05-09  9:49                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-05-09 18:52                               ` Juri Linkov
2022-05-10  1:53                                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-25 22:46         ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-04-26  9:58           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2018-10-11 13:55     ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-10-11 14:01       ` Michael Heerdegen
2018-10-11 14:08       ` Jean Louis
2018-10-11 14:16         ` Michael Heerdegen
2018-10-11 14:27         ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-10-11 14:36           ` Jean Louis
     [not found]     ` <<87lg74zk2k.fsf@web.de>
     [not found]       ` <<834ldsy31m.fsf@gnu.org>
2018-10-11 14:41         ` Drew Adams
2018-10-11 16:40           ` Eric Abrahamsen
2018-10-15 20:34           ` Juri Linkov
2018-10-15 22:07             ` Drew Adams
2018-10-16 22:12               ` Juri Linkov
2018-10-16 23:05                 ` Drew Adams
2018-10-17 15:39                   ` Michael Heerdegen
     [not found] <<86pnwh4je8.fsf@protected.rcdrun.com>

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