From: Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@glug.org>
Subject: Re: "`read-from-buffer'" functionality
Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 13:08:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7er7it2cys.fsf@ada2.unipv.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.2728.1110077590.32256.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Joe Corneli <jcorneli@math.utexas.edu> writes:
> some
> tips.
look at `vc-toggle-read-only' flow for an example.
the key thing to keep in mind is to avoid completely
"modal" interaction; you should not prohibit changing
buffers and returning later to complete the input.
here is an application that doesn't follow this advice:
http://www.glug.org/people/ttn/software/etrack/
(see file etrack.el from the tarball.) the result is
that it is not easily integrable w/ other packages,
and an errant C-g is enough to confuse the program.
another input-gathering paradigm is manifested by:
http://www.glug.org/people/ttn/software/edb/
wherein you find relatively clean separation between
elisp objects, print representation, and storage (on
disk) representation, as well as a forms-oriented
input mechanism. (see also forms.el, which EDB will
probably move towards using internally in the future.)
thi
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2005-03-06 12:08 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen [this message]
2005-03-06 20:51 ` "`read-from-buffer'" functionality Joe Corneli
2005-03-06 2:12 Joe Corneli
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