From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Gregory Heytings Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Opening multiple files in a single buffer? Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 09:52:52 +0000 Message-ID: References: <20200615093357.GA15893@tuxteam.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="47236"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (NEB 202 2017-01-01) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 15 11:53:20 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1jklnr-000CBe-2k for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 15 Jun 2020 11:53:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36352 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jklnq-0004CF-58 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 15 Jun 2020 05:53:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42304) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jklnW-0004C8-U5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Jun 2020 05:52:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mx.sdf.org ([205.166.94.20]:56672) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jklnV-0008CG-5Y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Jun 2020 05:52:58 -0400 Original-Received: from sdf.org (IDENT:ghe@faeroes.freeshell.org [205.166.94.9]) by mx.sdf.org (8.15.2/8.14.5) with ESMTPS id 05F9qswL003640 (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256 bits) verified NO) for ; Mon, 15 Jun 2020 09:52:55 GMT Original-Received: (from ghe@localhost) by sdf.org (8.15.2/8.12.8/Submit) id 05F9qskr027949; Mon, 15 Jun 2020 09:52:54 GMT In-Reply-To: <20200615093357.GA15893@tuxteam.de> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=205.166.94.20; envelope-from=ghe@sdf.org; helo=mx.sdf.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/06/15 02:47:27 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = ??? X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, 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:123393 Archived-At: > >> It's not just that particular use case that I have in mind. As I wrote >> earlier, the feature I have in mind should not be an additional (minor >> or major) mode, but a core feature [...] > > I'd recommend to aim lower at first. The modes and packages are a big > help for people not to step on each other's toes. Trying something new > with the approach "I think everyone should have it" is a tall order, > especially with a community as diverse as Emacs. > I understand your viewpoint. I'm proposing something, I'm not ordering anything. It just happens that this idea cannot be implemented with a mode or a package, like proportional fonts for example. Making this possible would not change anything for users who would not want to use it. If it is not possible to implement this, or if nobody else thinks it would be useful, that's fine. Gregory