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29.0.50; Weird behavior of string-edit

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From: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>, 58423 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#58423: 29.0.50; Weird behavior of string-edit
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 17:17:47 +0300

* Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> [2022-10-11 15:29]:
> 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'.

Aha that one, thanks. 

(read-string-from-buffer "Enter text" "") ⇒ "OK here"

It is to consider, thanks. I like it full window.

-- 
Jean

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