From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#33007: 27.0.50; Proposal for function to edit and return string Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 16:55:52 +0300 Message-ID: <83a7nky4d3.fsf@gnu.org> References: <86pnwh4je8.fsf@protected.rcdrun.com> <83bm81xl84.fsf@gnu.org> <20181011063321.GD27672@protected.rcdrun.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1539266120 30699 195.159.176.226 (11 Oct 2018 13:55:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 13:55:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 33007@debbugs.gnu.org To: Jean Louis Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 11 15:55:16 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gAbQm-0007pW-5o for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 15:55:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34616 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gAbSs-0008Jk-Fa for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 09:57:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36295) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gAbSd-0008JM-IP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 09:57:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gAbSY-0003Fu-J5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 09:57:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:41062) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gAbSY-0003FY-CU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 09:57:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gAbSY-00011B-22 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 09:57:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 13:57:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 33007 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 33007-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B33007.15392661733867 (code B ref 33007); Thu, 11 Oct 2018 13:57:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 33007) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Oct 2018 13:56:13 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45320 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gAbRk-00010J-NF for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 09:56:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:54498) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gAbRj-00010D-Cz for 33007@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 09:56:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gAbRY-0001ye-Sm for 33007@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 09:56:06 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:57634) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gAbRY-0001yU-Kt; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 09:56:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=2176 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1gAbRY-00087C-6K; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 09:56:00 -0400 In-reply-to: <20181011063321.GD27672@protected.rcdrun.com> (message from Jean Louis on Thu, 11 Oct 2018 08:33:21 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:151114 Archived-At: > Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 08:33:21 +0200 > From: Jean Louis > Cc: 33007@debbugs.gnu.org > > > We already have read-string, I think it does what you want. > > It reads from mini buffer, it does not open > standard buffer where one could change modes and > have editing capabilities, preview, insert from > other files, etc. The minibuffer is a normal buffer, so you should be able to use all the facilities you mention, perhaps by allowing recursive minibuffers. That said, I don't object to an extended facility like the one you implemented. Thanks.