Re: Buffers with buffers (transclusion)

[James Thomas]

Vladimir Kazanov wrote:

> Hi Eli,
>
>> Thanks, but it is hard to reason about the ideas and possible
>> implementations without knowing the intended functionalities and the
>> use cases this should support.  So my suggestion is to describe these
>> first.
>
> Sure!
>
> The core use case is being able to edit many files from within a single 
> buffer.
>
> This is what chunk-edit.el does: it makes it possible to mark regions
> of interest in various buffers, which are then exposed in a temporary
> buffer (*chunk-edit*). The user can then focus on editing interesting
> bits of code within a single buffer.
>
> Here's an example user story: a programmer goes through 30k lines of
> code of xdisp.c and dispextern.c and finds the key bits of code he
> needs to change. Instead of jumping between points of interest, or
> setting up a complex window configuration, he just copies everything
> into *chunk-edit* where he can safely edit all of these at once.
>
> Secondary to this is having a reasonable way to edit these diverse
> chunks of code with the comfort of syntax highlighting.
>
> Ideally, I would like to solve both problems in one go: just *include*
> a subset of a buffer within *chunk-edit*, complete with text
> properties and all.

Dumb question:

How about a way to stack windows on top of each other, without any
modelines, and move to the bottom window when scrolling off the top one?

Regards,
James