GNU bug report logs - #55828
Add command to edit a rectangle arbitrarily in a separate buffer

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Message #8 received at 55828 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>, 55828 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55828: Add command to edit a rectangle arbitrarily in a
 separate buffer
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2022 09:58:55 +0300

> It sounds to me as if Michael's code does more than mine -- at minimum
> mine does not ask what to do with modified dimensions as described at
> https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=55234#17 (I just use the
> original dimensions), so I'd be interested to see that.

As Michael pointed out, it could be based on string-edit,
so rectangle-edit could just call string-edit with the rectangle
as a string, and success-callback to replace the original rectangle
with the edited string.

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