From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Handling minibuffers in several mini-windows Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 13:06:12 +0100 Message-ID: <875z45vvwr.fsf@gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="8300"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 10 13:09:09 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1kyZWv-00022m-4B for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2021 13:09:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57030 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kyZWu-0006Mc-2U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2021 07:09:08 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:46026) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kyZUz-0005Uo-Pf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2021 07:07:10 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2]:58054) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kyZUD-0001Ie-P3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2021 07:07:09 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=F+rwAncBXMyOOu4VYlzjeS5lc1CTHFE5ROJ6bPdc8Oc=; b=EXivAgD2qy+QhEYrIaTB7JIYOx wGjtWRgodPrDZdMupJNxpP5jIxD+MgsheHJNENrIQCBZUVeM8VR+bes/YKoUzUdf09y/wxKKJcMnc SAG5chv+0renR+Vl/VTGsdFhV+Q4Q89KsFqzMMsNLikktFnCUcW0GSNzMkUmgC23Yozc=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kyZU6-0006PS-1e; Sun, 10 Jan 2021 13:06:19 +0100 Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAACBj SFJNAAB6JgAAgIQAAPoAAACA6AAAdTAAAOpgAAA6mAAAF3CculE8AAAAElBMVEWY3Gba1s2SsmQw OiWodnr///+m1mJhAAAAAWJLR0QF+G/pxwAAAAd0SU1FB+UBCgwEIfmfxXsAAAGHSURBVDjLpZOB jaQwDEWNoQAMFGCSFMDFWwBk3X9NZ5NhGFhWOuk8I6H48b9jJwD8RzRElzVyfc5E1H+CECWjLO28 fdEY4iJ8CDAL2Jq+xm1c2hyXClqGKByzkFTQvhStSCt5B0QO3jVkD7ciHXO7nLuKIlYzzptZfYC9 BsQcZvp2qxMsDkSsv++LAkNgs/I6owwimU/ivaCBP9Tjz0nlQNtUfuZxAZvVA2gr8Io+P76Dh9MQ a+QBBAsHfjhh/9dIQXVtlJQVFEvCQ2pLXWeaFLqygq7wAp0OqsWtcqeFVY9NddsWUvFdhU73WA8F VaDcec7oATikzUZiNRwwVICogGqKA/TQ1SZYQ0plVpo4sUNIL9BMxSQb9alYOoSjOODgvN5EDJeR MPhIhvPGnsMyv4Fv778NGO55qIfN1zzVu+IHfy3QWIXIpsFsL3yIOlskRu4h3/zNQFek26d2NOKg d6tw2/JEz5L94yRXsP0+NNj8osC3wgV8t4JfJH3Y4zbg9CwAhH+Lv0r3Q4YFjMhlAAAAJXRFWHRk YXRlOmNyZWF0ZQAyMDIxLTAxLTEwVDEyOjA0OjMyKzAwOjAwplirpAAAACV0RVh0ZGF0ZTptb2Rp ZnkAMjAyMS0wMS0xMFQxMjowNDozMiswMDowMNcFExgAAAAASUVORK5CYII= X-Now-Playing: Sugarcubes's _Life's Too Good_: "Deus" In-Reply-To: (Alan Mackenzie's message of "Fri, 8 Jan 2021 18:54:03 +0000") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2; envelope-from=larsi@gnus.org; helo=quimby.gnus.org X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:262838 Archived-At: Alan Mackenzie writes: > My proposal (which I've already implemented and tried out, though not > published at all), is that > (i) it should be possible to type into, and edit text in any visible > minibuffer; > (ii) it should be possible to terminate (by RET `exit-minibuffer') only > the most deeply nested MB. The attempt elsewhere should display an > error message, leaving the MBs unchanged; > (iii) it should be possible to abort (with C-g `abort-recursive-edit'), > any minibuffer. This will have the effect of aborting all more deeply > nested MBs at the same time. > > What do people think about this? i and ii sound good to me. I'm not sure about iii -- I think trying it out and see what it feels like in practice might be a good idea, though. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no