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[PATCH] Add file-to-register and buffer-to-register.

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From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Barra Ó Catháin <barra <at> ocathain.ie>, 73308 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#73308: [PATCH] Add file-to-register and buffer-to-register.
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 21:18:49 +0200

Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net> writes:

> More or less you can have the same with point-to-register, the advantage
> is that when you kill the buffer, the register-alist entry is turned in
> a file-query entry (when buffer is representing a file of course), for
> example from register.el buffer:
>
> C-x r <SPC> RET

I'm worrying a bit: with this patch we would have 3 different types of
registers that would really be very similar.  The user would have to
think about which is appropriate when setting the register.  Or - if the
question doesn't matter - why have 3 different types?


Michael.

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