GNU bug report logs - #17401
24.4.50; Narrow to {region,page,defun} in an indirect clone buffer in the other window

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Message #17 received at 17401 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Josh <josh <at> foxtail.org>
To: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
Cc: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>, contact <at> zaneashby.co.nz,
 17401 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17401: 24.4.50; Narrow to {region,page,defun} in an indirect
 clone buffer in the other window
Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 13:57:43 -0700

On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 6:06 AM, Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz> wrote:
> I've also noticed there are some org-mode specific narrowing
> commands as well, which should probably be supported. I did
> consider whether we could support all existing narrowing commands
> automagically with some trickery, but I concluded that the only
> approach I could think of was too convoluted and brittle for its
> own good, so I think simply adding a new function alongside each
> existing one is still the most practical way to go.
>
> Do we want both a `narrow-to-*-indirect' and an `...-other-window'
> variant for each case? I think the latter works very nicely with
> the C-x 4 n prefix (as per the initial patch), but I can see the
> utility in providing both functions.

What about doing something like `append-next-kill', for example a
new `next-narrow-indirect' command bound to `C-x n i'?

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