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X-Spam_score_int: -17 X-Spam_score: -1.8 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.8 / 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, FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT=0.25, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=_AUTOLEARN X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:123372 Archived-At: On 6/13/20 11:21 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 02:31:52PM +0000, Gregory Heytings wrote: >> Dear List, >> >> I've now been using Emacs for many, many years, and there is perhaps >> a single feature I'm really missing, namely opening more than one >> file in a single buffer, with the contents of the files appearing >> one after the other in the same buffer, with some kind of visual >> separator between them. I don't know if that feature exists in other >> text editors. > Would "insert-file" (bound to C-x i) do what you want? > > Cheers > -- t For what he wants, that wouldn't handle multiple modes very easily. I also assume that there's a desire to be able to save back to the original files again which would require more work. -- ,Doug d.lewan2000@gmail.com (908) 720 7908 If this is what winning looks like, I'd hate to see what losing is.