Re: Buffers with buffers (transclusion)

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Suhail Singh <suhailsingh247@gmail.com>
> Cc: Vladimir Kazanov <vekazanov@gmail.com>,  jimjoe@gmx.net,
>   emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 10:36:22 -0400
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > E.g., if you type text between the end of SRC1 and the beginning of
> > SRC2, to which source is this added?
> 
> Couldn't this be obviated by there being a read-only substrate, embedded
> within which are editable regions corresponding to SRC1 and SRC2?  I.e.,
> SRC1 and SRC2 are separated by a region of text that cannot be modified.

I don't see how will that help, nor how it will resolve the
difficulties I was describing.

> Out of curiosity, is the difficulty in "other similar issues" inherent
> to the concept of having a "meta" buffer within which exist multiple
> regions each corresponding to a distinct buffer, or does it have more to
> do with the technical details of the current implementation?

The difficulties are conceptual at this point.  Whether they are
technical will become apparent when we agree on the concepts.
(Personally, I don't think there will be technical difficulties.)

> From my perspective, the value of a single such "meta" buffer is purely
> in the UI.

Then using adjacent windows solves that, IMO.