From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Zachary Kanfer <zkanfer@gmail.com>
Cc: 10734@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10734: Proposal: comint-history-read-only
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 17:44:51 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87egc2bo9o.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFXT+RPEyTjdO9Xn47QTYii3u5QkyODpLVBgDGBSB0uNzL4+ag@mail.gmail.com> (Zachary Kanfer's message of "Mon, 6 Feb 2012 02:31:59 -0500")
Zachary Kanfer <zkanfer@gmail.com> writes:
> This patch proposes a new feature in comint mode. Currently, setting
> comint-prompt-read-only to some non-nil value makes the prompt
> read-only, but this only makes the prompt read-only. I don't find it
> useful to insert text into the middle of a historical buffer, so I
> added a new variable comint-history-read-only. If set to non-nil, this
> variable makes the entire history read-only.
I think this probably makes sense... Most process oriented mode are
quite read-only, except for the line you're typing on.
> + (defcustom comint-history-read-only nil
> + "If non-nil, all comint history is read only."
> + :type 'boolean
> + :group 'comint)
This might even default to t?
It needs updating in the Emacs manual and an etc/NEWS entry, though.
--
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2012-02-06 7:31 bug#10734: Proposal: comint-history-read-only Zachary Kanfer
2016-02-24 6:44 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2019-06-27 15:32 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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