From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#71404: 30.0.50; [WISHLIST] string-edit-mode should allow changing major mode Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 09:35:22 +0300 Message-ID: <86o78dfefp.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87msnyax53.fsf@parenthetic.dev> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="26971"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 71404@debbugs.gnu.org To: Nicholas Vollmer Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 07 08:39:21 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-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 1sFTFw-0006kT-8J for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2024 08:39:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sFTFT-0005ah-VF; Fri, 07 Jun 2024 02:38:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sFTFQ-0005Zr-Ba for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2024 02:38:48 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:5::43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sFTFP-0002h7-VP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2024 02:38:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1sFTFe-0000cl-L9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2024 02:39:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 06:39:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 71404 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 71404-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B71404.17177423322340 (code B ref 71404); Fri, 07 Jun 2024 06:39:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 71404) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Jun 2024 06:38:52 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54716 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1sFTFU-0000be-0q for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2024 02:38:52 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:56096) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1sFTFS-0000b7-BE for 71404@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2024 02:38:51 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sFTC8-00022B-Qt; Fri, 07 Jun 2024 02:35:24 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=yNmAUwxu55fwY4c9OEPv66TA7OrnPY38/XsIJvVB/WU=; b=SB426Iq2alAF ThY5TG8hUtAW1VCR0ntqkNWfxJUkFE0maMpKfd+gAXK8iJSBaaFkWlF9ssjZNhfOxT5nw6ORtCqtl cE/YiigNjQdReM97EyUgmLOhsZmVZGa5xhHSPBDGX1ocH8yTFQR8Of4r8/WmskQw+cUMyHhAx7oVU Pe+DbK6QFRW2Mpv619PIhXb6Tq6njsmvc5kuwcIN50N/3hCk3Eq38Y30/RAxtDXPoScX89k45Q1kt 0zjU7HRMBasaaN9NV8YK/f0SxyBLpUzYgwViciP4Ftn4+vMqtu/W6fCn5Ejmjqp88Hn8N8uM4BHAI kGt0EMpon06cn2Qomn3QVg==; In-Reply-To: <87msnyax53.fsf@parenthetic.dev> (message from Nicholas Vollmer on Thu, 06 Jun 2024 11:50:16 -0400) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:286738 Archived-At: > From: Nicholas Vollmer > Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2024 11:50:16 -0400 > > > string-edit-mode is a nice feature to have built in. It already is? Or what do you mean by "built in" here? > It would be nice if one could change the major mode of the editing > buffer while preserving the edit/abort functionality and any > buffer state necessary to make those function. > Any reason it couldn't be implemented as a minor mode? In what major modes will this make sense as a minor mode? IOW, I don't think I understand what you mean by "preserving the edit/abort functionality and buffer state", so please elaborate.