From: Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu>
To: emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: save-buffer like save-excursion
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:35:08 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46032ECC.3040204@gatech.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvhcsemlhy.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org>
Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>> + Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>:
>>>
>>> | with-current-buffer (or save-current-buffer).
>>>
>>> Duh. Another wheel reinvented (in my earlier post in the thread).
>
>> Anytime I work on something in emacs I have the overwhelmingly feeling
>> it's already been done. Half the time I turn out to be right. The
>> naming conventions seem totally arbitrary, so even with apropos and
>> everything it's hard to find the function you want.
>
>> Maybe I should ask again about the main project I'm working on. Has an
>> ed emulator already been made for emacs?
>
> I suspect some part of it might be included in viper.
I don't think so. As far as I can tell, ed is almost nothing like vi.
Reviewing the Viper manual just now, I see no reference to ed. Glad to
be corrected, though.
Matt Flaschen
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-03-23 1:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <mailman.1069.1174204758.7795.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-03-18 9:23 ` save-buffer like save-excursion Harald Hanche-Olsen
2007-03-18 9:56 ` Matthew Flaschen
2007-03-19 3:54 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-03-19 5:30 ` Matthew Flaschen
2007-03-19 7:33 ` Harald Hanche-Olsen
2007-03-19 21:36 ` Matthew Flaschen
[not found] ` <mailman.1132.1174340311.7795.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-03-21 19:42 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-03-23 1:35 ` Matthew Flaschen [this message]
2007-03-18 7:57 Matthew Flaschen
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