From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: Howard Persh <hpersh@gmail.com>,
howard.persh.us@member.mensa.org, 8952@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8952: Allow narrowing to be window specific
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2021 00:30:15 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y2a4d4m4.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87eebx3t0x.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sat, 17 Jul 2021 16:38:06 +0200")
>> Wish list:
>> (1) Narrowing being a per-window operation, not per-buffer (currently,
>> narrowing in one window affects all windows viewing same buffer).
>
> The other things in this bug report have already been covered,
> apparently, which leaves this wishlist item.
>
> I don't think it's feasible to implement this, though. The narrowing is
> intimately tied to the buffer object internally, and I think undoing
> that coupling would be very problematic. As I think there can't be any
> progress on this, I'm closing this bug report.
Anyone can write a package (if not already) that puts window-local
overlays with the 'invisible' property, thus emulating 'narrow'.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-07-17 21:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-28 18:20 bug#8952: GNU Emacs Bugs, Wishes, Etc Howard Persh
2015-02-28 5:22 ` bug#8952: (no subject) Teika Kazura
2017-02-12 2:39 ` bug#8952: GNU Emacs Bugs, Wishes, Etc npostavs
2021-07-17 14:38 ` bug#8952: Allow narrowing to be window specific Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-07-17 21:30 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
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