Re: Opening multiple files in a single buffer?

[Gregory Heytings <ghe@sdf.org>]

>
> I can't tell you how feasible it would be, but unless you want to 
> implement it yourself, you'll probably have to do some more convincing 
> in order to get someone to implement it for you. As you said yourself, 
> the potential use cases for such a multi-file buffer are easily covered 
> by other means.
>

Are covered: yes.  Are easily covered: no.  If you take the tool-bar, 
everything it offers is (very!) easily covered by other means.  Yet it 
exists, because it makes these things easier for some users.

>
> There is `multi-occur` for searching in multiple buffers, there are 
> front-ends to e.g., ripgrep (I use `counsel-rg` self) to search through 
> multiple files and with `wgrep` you can then edit those occurrences in 
> one go. (I use `multiple-cursors`, but you can also do a search and 
> replace in the multi-occur buffer.)
>

Yes, these tools exist.  Yet I'd bet that many users would find a 
multi-file buffer far easier to use than these tools.  Many users find it 
easier to use customize than to type Emacs LISP code by hand in their 
.emacs file.

Gregory