Re: use new custom group to adjust ascii files

[Fabian Braennstroem <f.braennstroem@gmx.de>]

* Lennart Borgman (gmail) <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> wrote:
> Fabian Braennstroem wrote:
>> Hi Lennart,
>> 
>> * Lennart Borgman (gmail) <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Fabian Braennstroem wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>>     I wonder, if emacs' customize group buffer 'mode' can be
>>>>     used as a simple gui to adjust some ascii files!?
>>>>     I.e. the ascii files are used for configuration of a
>>>>     different external program. Would be nice, if anyone has
>>>>     a suggestion!
>>>>     Thanks!
>>> Hi Fabian
>>>
>>> You probably want to look at Emacs widgets. In Emacs 22 or later do
>>>
>>>    C-h i
>>>
>>> and then search for "widget".
>> 
>> Thanks for the hint! Looks nice, though I did not understand
>> howto get the right x11 feeling into it... I'll try it out
>> in the next days.
>
>
> Emacs widgets looks like what you see in Custom buffers. However the 
> internal API for widgets are such that they can be replaced by for 
> example xwidgets or something similar if someone some day finds the time 
> to do it.

Thanks for the info!

Greetings!
 Fabian