From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: indirect-buffers and text-properties
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 10:03:04 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv1tzp5xg3.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 8761p1r214.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk
> Really? I've started using them because they enable me to have the point
> in two places at once; for example, in the pre-amble and the body of a
[...]
> visible window). Indirect buffers seem to be a nice solution for this.
That would be using a definition of "nice" very different from the one
I'm familiar with ;-)
BTW, you might like to M-x report-emacs-bug and request exactly this
feature for "preserving window-specific point". It can probably be
implemented in a *much* lighter way than by using indirect-buffers.
> Even as it stands, having the same content in two different modes seems
> very powerful;
It is very powerful, but as you've seen indirect-buffers only work to
some extent for that purpose and the problems you bump into are largely
unsolvable. So it's not going in the right direction.
I think they really fit perfectly the definition of attractive-nuisance.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-01-30 15:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-01-30 12:29 indirect-buffers and text-properties Phillip Lord
2014-01-30 13:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-30 14:13 ` Phillip Lord
2014-01-30 15:03 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2014-01-30 15:45 ` Phillip Lord
2014-01-30 16:17 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-31 9:52 ` Phillip Lord
2014-01-31 13:35 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-31 16:12 ` Phillip Lord
2014-01-30 15:33 ` Andreas Röhler
2014-01-30 15:36 ` Nicolas Richard
2014-01-30 16:43 ` Andreas Röhler
2014-01-31 9:46 ` Phillip Lord
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