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27.0.50; Proposal for function to edit and return string

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 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: Sun, 24 Apr 2022 15:15:43 +0200

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de> 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.

I've now added this to Emacs 29 (as well as a non-modal version with a
callback instead of a recursive edit).

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