Re: [9fans] acme multi-line tags (or maybe, efficient message stores)

[erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>]

On Mon Oct 10 00:08:51 EDT 2011, paul.a.lalonde@gmail.com wrote:

> I often keep an Edit I'm refining in a separate tag line for easy selection.
> But the real use was in keeping commands that need chorded parameters, so my
> debugger sessions, for example, keep a line of "list print break" etc, so I
> can chord in the parameter easily.  That way I don't have to construct the
> breakpoint instruction in a scratch window, and I can keep enough of them
> around to be useful - one tag line isn't big enough.

i'd rather have a window like win that would operate on the same principle
as the sam edit window.

unless i've misread the man page, i don't think this is possible with the current
command interface*.  you'd have to insert the text into the tag and then execute
it.  it'd be the opposite of screen scraping.  :-)

- erik

*i want to send "Edit X ,s:frobnatz:blatz:g." or "Edit b somefile",  how do i do that?