GNU bug report logs - #33007
27.0.50; Proposal for function to edit and return string

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>

Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 20:51:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 27.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 33007 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
Subject: bug#33007: 27.0.50; Proposal for function to edit and return string
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 16:01:58 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> The minibuffer is a normal buffer, so you should be able to use all
> the facilities you mention, perhaps by allowing recursive minibuffers.

My use case is typically to be able to enter/edit multi line text.  The
minibuffer is not really good for that, since bindings interfere with
editing (RET, Space etc), and the height of the minibuffer is limited.


Michael.
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