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bug#44078: 26.3; `tabulated-list-mode': Use it in any mode and for part
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Drew Adams |
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bug#44078: 26.3; `tabulated-list-mode': Use it in any mode and for part of a buffer |
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Mon, 19 Oct 2020 09:03:24 -0700 (PDT) |
Feature request:
I'd like to see `tabulated-list-mode' be usable for only part of a
buffer. How? Dunno. Text property maybe, analogous to property
`keymap'?
One of its greatest weaknesses is that it's (only) a major mode. It's
buffer-wide, which means you can't do anything else in the buffer. You
can't use `tabulated-list-mode' for just some table(s) (tabulated info)
within a buffer. This greatly limits its usefulness, IMO.
In the beginning, IIRC, there was only the major mode `outline-mode'.
Later we added `outline-minor-mode'. That at least took care of the
problem of not being able to use it with another major mode.
But for `tabulated-list-mode' I think we need more than just to add a
minor-mode version. We really need a way to confine its effect to a
part of a buffer.
In GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32)
of 2019-08-29
Repository revision: 96dd0196c28bc36779584e47fffcca433c9309cd
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 10.0.18362
Configured using:
`configure --without-dbus --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32
--without-compress-install 'CFLAGS=-O2 -static -g3''
- bug#44078: 26.3; `tabulated-list-mode': Use it in any mode and for part of a buffer,
Drew Adams <=