GNU bug report logs - #58423
29.0.50; Weird behavior of string-edit

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>

Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2022 23:41:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 29.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #21 received at 58423 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
Cc: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>, 58423 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#58423: 29.0.50; Weird behavior of string-edit
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 13:00:33 +0200

Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz> writes:

> How about returning the edited string (or nil if aborted)?  Then it
> would be possible to use `string-edit' as a method of interactively
> obtaining a string value.

That's `read-string-from-buffer'.
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