GNU bug report logs - #52569
29.0.50; Wishlist: There should be a way for packages to handle files without reading them in first

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Message #23 received at 52569 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 52569 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Subject: Re: bug#52569: 29.0.50; Wishlist: There should be a way for packages
 to handle files without reading them in first
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2021 22:03:31 -0800

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

>> non-persistent-file-mode, or transient-file-mode, or ephemeral-mode...
>
> Hm...  if `view-mode' wasn't taken already, perhaps that would have been
> an option.

Here are some additional ideas:

    special-display-mode
    special-file-mode
    no-load-mode
    no-visit-mode    [if it won't be visiting]

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