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From: neitzel@tubsibr.UUCP (Martin Neitzel)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug
Subject: Re: Kbd-macro problem with dired/view modes
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Date: 31 May 89 14:10:07 GMT
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mcgill-vision!odyssee!pinard@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Francois Pinard) writes:
FP>	
FP>	But q or C-c are implemented by exit-recursive-edit, which seems to
FP>	have the side effect of interrupting the macro playback.  Is that
FP>	true?

Basically, yes.  The view-mode of the standard distribution uses
recursive-edit, and thus works on its own input stream.  Seperation of
the input for recursive-edits and an macro-sequence *is* a good thing.
This allows the nifty keyboard-macro-query (^X-q).

What's really disturbing, especially for novices, is that the standard
view-mode is implemented as a major-mode with the recursive-edit.  I
suggest to replace this view-mode with David Gudeman's view.  This one
is patterned after less and a minor-mode.  (I like to toggle this mode
on and off frequently even in those buffers I *am* editing, to have a
convenient browsing mode and to be safe.)

							Martin