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Article #98383Re: view mode: time to phase out [[[[ recursive-edit ]]]]
From: Mike Williams
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1991 12:45
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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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb2f1,9edb0bf3bccf19b5,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfb2f1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-08-30 22:09:07 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.AUkuni.ac.NZ!mike-w From: mike-w@cs.AUkuni.ac.NZ (Mike Williams) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Subject: Re: view mode: time to phase out [[[[ recursive-edit ]]]] Message-ID: <MIKE-W.91Aug30084543@cs17.cs.aukuni.ac.nz> Date: 30 Aug 91 12:45:43 GMT References: mike-w@cs.AUkuni.ac.NZ (Mike Williams) Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: University of Auckland, New Zealand. Lines: 37 Approved: bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu