From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Michael Heerdegen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#33007: 27.0.50; Proposal for function to edit and return string Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:39:02 +0200 Message-ID: <87ftx4eg6h.fsf@web.de> References: <86pnwh4je8.fsf@protected.rcdrun.com>> <83bm81xl84.fsf@gnu.org> <20181011063321.GD27672@protected.rcdrun.com>> <87lg74zk2k.fsf@web.de>> <834ldsy31m.fsf@gnu.org>> <87efcrazrs.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <6a27b968-1307-44f2-b335-cde4ef51159b@default> <87pnw992hn.fsf@mail.linkov.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1539790686 17407 195.159.176.226 (17 Oct 2018 15:38:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 15:38:06 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: bugs@gnu.support, 33007@debbugs.gnu.org, Juri Linkov To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 17 17:38:01 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 1gCntZ-0004Pi-DE for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:39:05 +0200 Original-Received: from drachen.dragon ([94.218.210.177]) by smtp.web.de (mrweb101 [213.165.67.124]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MWAwH-1gAHlB3se9-00XIil; Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:39:05 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 16 Oct 2018 16:05:22 -0700 (PDT)") X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:xUH3mvU8AzEDIqtmkGvIQItaNrdPhcvQIbHv4HPNPndOJPpi3g8 R1+2Jo8mNuUvj0JDcWdFKylzOLFqTJNO/Ekms6IB2JE6NPnPVf6bzoAC5zWtqAevkMvkCgT l3hRoFk3ta5KGGYodrmSnzp3YTeSfMWesT0ZmZUnxRLxiR0dh4inB+yL7r7HdrCdlHyU9dL D4q+VyRkLTsdLuZszOe+w== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:FNGNR9DNclY=:Rxx9njAUG7WSdvan1LmzDq UFfQNuEShdZqORgCBO/bQv41rMvMZM3ZfTE53s0UP5b82PC39GDCcJEFBu4pbQfuzJ1od0/Cb nFncswerZp/nznXUDkTpxoy+jVBJ6SNIaBNwzqotA7jAtCMv10cn5gBIAjk2lX8Iokv4QSjhi 1C5T30zuQ2+vuh+hmILyemLOJuHsCxlS98s7kgAn2M57I3NVsdzJa3fsGVlccSVEMbDpXd9zR Ot8K22qEthBd44JiYlQy65SkFzdAJw+j3JH0S5tH4cUxnKBWk+vWa//jTCnjMJgz6Y8KTXWiZ /BEqG/Y+/EHHFCLHoQoWjjeMW5z0PSc4ewx69fdFoHszFHhfouPlIFhT3wmGXGjf5w37u4GmO EKZY8EnJPFdmx0p0cUXXRVs0Xt37DWdqcg5Gnww3g/pH7PJYOjJPMN1b7uSGujdWpZoJyERcq bvEqkc9/+LEkt0GZOmJx0z4LlAvlKHRyYCpZKaIZcDvpOVdWpxWIhBsBZBQutgsiaY9oMuq/V m/j/AJN8CBO2XHAklR1kQvSnqlpJ/AaXecRYC1DYPWaraHVbC9/AL/JkrwBVfgaDZE6VOJDWQ vHkCIfilLH+ZuOOV1hpnipnIwHwZWL75E7FpmYMpBQ7OozICSrGCRN66g7XLOQ1r5vLnJq8q7 Fq6AU4fUr2O9l6ub4SPC5dCLPKwzwyECtikv5Jb3WarzXuE5HJ/hMFqqsvDqzytT0tnxdyXXu Fyg5+bHqEMeZoEMofHvf7Z0vGSW+6V2u/ZC/BL0a7W8vOh0ZUia1QrSWoiSQduNPK8vFdDUK 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:151345 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > > The new arguments should be the same as currently for the function > > display-buffer: > > > > BUFFER-OR-NAME - the name of the editing buffer; > > ACTION - display action like display-buffer-below-selected or > > display-buffer-at-bottom. > > I don't see it like that. I don't see it like > `read-from-minibuffer'. I don't see > it as modal, requiring you to edit and return without doing other things > in between. To me, this is not about creating something similar to a > minibuffer interaction. > > I instead see it like what `M-x report-emacs-bug' does, followed by > `C-c C-c': [...] I would want it to cover both requirements. It would be nice if there would also be a front-end like `read-from-minibuffer'. Code can be shared between the two. What may also make sense: Emacs is prompting for user input using the minibuffer. User can hit a key if he wants to give large input or may want to use elisp mode or whatever - and a buffer appears accepting input, replacing the minibuffer. User hits C-c C-c when done. Michael.