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: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
Cc: 33007 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33007: 27.0.50; Proposal for function to edit and return string
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 05:36:59 +0300

> From: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 22:49:19 +0200
> 
> 
> I would like to propose function for GNU Emacs so that there is
> function to edit and return the string.
> 
> It would be equivalent to read-from-minibuffer only that we shall have
> function to edit in the whole buffer, not just in one line in mini
> buffer.

We already have read-string, I think it does what you want.
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