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Re: [Feature Discuss] Nested buffer


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: [Feature Discuss] Nested buffer
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 17:33:01 +0300

> From: Óscar Fuentes <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 09:16:05 +0200
> 
> Harry Fei <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> >    - Case 1: Collect multiple narrowed-indirect-buffers to edit together.
> >    - Sometimes, when I am working on a large project repository (Maybe
> >       something like Chromium and AOSP), there are some codes highly 
> > related to
> >       each other which spread in multiple files. So I want to collect them
> >       together into a host buffer (embed narrow indirect buffer) when I read
> >       those code. After I understand the logic, I want to edit those
> > code in this
> >       host buffer directly(the content sync back to the origin buffer). Even
> >       more, I can use other editor functions, eg. string replace.
> 
> Something like this would be very convenient.
> 
> In my case, often I have to work on some feature that touches certain
> areas of several source files and, at the same time, create and edit
> several test cases, each on one file. Having everything on the same
> buffer will save lots of buffer switching, while at the same time
> providing a compact "work area" that eases reading and editing.

Any reason why several windows side by side couldn't serve the same
purpose?  (You can disable the mode line if that gets in the way.)



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