Re: [Texmacs-dev] [LP mode] Should we have an source import command?

[Felix Breuer]

Hi David,

On Sun, 2006-02-19 at 17:26 +0100, David MENTRE wrote:

> I'm wondering if it wouldn't be much more simple and efficient to only
> allow regular opening, in that case the whole source file would appear
> as a code block, and let the user "clean-up" the file with a few menu
> items:
> 
>  - merge two code blocks;
> 
>  - split a code block (at mouse or cursor point);
> 
>  - remove one or more character at the beginning or end of each line
>    (much like rectangles in Emacs);
> 
>  - transform a code block into text block and vice-versa.
> 
> 
> What do you think of it?

Sounds good. We probably couldn't make every user happy anyway, no
matter how much work we put into import heuristics. Also, the above
features would be very useful when editing literate code, not only when
importing existing code. And, a simple solution is always best :)
(Well, most of the time anyway.)

Regards,
Felix