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

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 33007 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bugs <at> gnu.support
Subject: bug#33007: 27.0.50; Proposal for function to edit and return string
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 22:20:47 +0200

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

> Don't we already have something like that in Customize and/or in EWW,
> where they allow the user to fill fields in a form?

The use cases I have in mind don't fit there.  If you for example want
an interface to be able to attach multi line text notes to articles in
Gnus, it makes no sense to use a Customize or EWW buffer for that.

`org-capture' is another (already implemented) example: It prompts you
for a new note or task using a pop-up buffer.  This time, this buffer is
in org mode.

Magit's buffer prompting for a commit message is yet another example.
In all these cases, you don't yet have a buffer that you could use for
input, unlike Customize or EWW, and the minibuffer is not good for the
task.


Michael.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.