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Re: view mode: time to phase out [[[[ recursive-edit ]]]]

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From: Mike Williams
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1991 12:45
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>>> In article <MOORE.91Aug27193132@venus.srl.mew.mei.co.jp>,
>>> "Phil" == moore@srl.mew.mei.co.JP (W. Phillip Moore) writes:

>>>>> On 23 Aug 91 22:59:00 GMT, Dan_Jacobson@att.com said:

Dan> I like how view mode makes a buffer go away when you reach the end.
Dan> The main annoyance I have is it filling up my mode line with [[[]]]'s
Dan> when there doesn't seem much point for the recursive-edits.  

Phil> There must be a hack which prevents these beats from being added.
Phil> Anybody done so??

  I've listed a few alternatives/fixes to view mode below, all available
  from the elisp archive on archive.cis.ohio-state.edu.  

new-view	  90-05-31
     Alan Stebbens, <aks@hub.ucsb.edu>
     archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/modes/new-view.el.Z
     Modified View
view-buffer	  89-01-29
     Julian Cowley, <julian@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>
     archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/as-is/view-buff.el.Z
     Simple mode for viewing the current buffer.
viewless	  
     David Gudeman, <gudeman@arizona.edu>
     archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/as-is/view-less.el.Z
     Make view-mode like "less".
more		  87-11-19
     Wolgang Rupprecht, <wolgang@mgm.mit.edu,mit-eddie!mgm.mit.edu!wolfgang>
     archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/as-is/more.el.Z
     Just like more(1). Doesn't do a recursive edit.

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