Subject: bug#71404: 30.0.50; [WISHLIST] string-edit-mode should allow changing major mode

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 09:35:22 +0300

> From: Nicholas Vollmer <[email-masked]>
> Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2024 11:50:16 -0400
> 
> 
> string-edit-mode is a nice feature to have built in.

It already is?  Or what do you mean by "built in" here?

> It would be nice if one could change the major mode of the editing 
> buffer while preserving the edit/abort functionality and any 
> buffer state necessary to make those function.
> Any reason it couldn't be implemented as a  minor mode?

In what major modes will this make sense as a minor mode?

IOW, I don't think I understand what you mean by "preserving the
edit/abort functionality and buffer state", so please elaborate.