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27.0.50; Proposal for function to edit and return string

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Message #17 received at 33007 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 33007 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33007: 27.0.50; Proposal for function to edit and return
 string
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 15:40:41 +0200

On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 03:31:15PM +0200, Michael Heerdegen wrote:
> Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support> writes:
> 
> > Something like this below shall become read-from-buffer [...]
> 
> I agree that such an interface would be useful for Emacs.  I think it
> already has been reinvented multiple times in Emacs itself.  I invented
> it myself.
> 
> Some minor thoughts: The input buffer should be more controllable: modes
> and keymap shouldn't be fixed.  Also, it should be possible to prefill
> the buffer with a string describing what the user is expected to do, and
> which is ignored after the user has finished.

Yes, please. With some immutable string maybe like
instructions, as option.

Jean

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