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Re: crash-proof emacs use
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Jean Louis |
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Re: crash-proof emacs use |
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Mon, 12 Sep 2022 09:08:02 +0300 |
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Mutt/+ () (2022-06-11) |
* Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com> [2022-09-12 05:14]:
> this is open-ended, but would mean something like, you kill some text
> with a "about to move" command so that killing is not conflated with
> moving, and it gets marked as "move operation started". then you go
> to the location to yank to, and you [if your stm is operating ok] yank
> in the new place with a message that this is supposed to be
> crash-proof. as part of that yanking, the old text gets deleted.
> this is just a silly example.
>
> there are many flaws in that design, but it is an examlpe of something
> i was wondering if anybody has thought about. it is an issue i deal
> with frequently. detecting after the fact is ok but there are edge
> cases where it is insufficient.
>
> so it is an open-ended q about whether anybody has implemented
> crash-proof moving, or follows some kind of discipline /all the time/,
> or some kind of non-theoretical sw for this, and it doesn't require
> detecting after the fact.
I have something similar where I am entering text in Emacs, then
killing the text and yanking in other window. I don't like those texts
to disappear, for that reason I am logging them with `rcd-general-log'
below. They go into the database.
(defun read-to-clipboard ()
(interactive)
(set-input-method my-default-input-method)
(let ((clipboard (rcd-ask "Insert into clipboard: "))
(title (concat "Clipboard: " (rcd-timestamp))))
;; Here
(rcd-general-log title clipboard 1 nil nil nil 4)
(kill-new clipboard)
(rcd-message "Killed: %s" (rcd-substring-soft clipboard 0 40))))
I have different log types:
1 Default
2 Word Lookup
3 E-mail
4 Clipboard
5 DB Column
Thus any time later I can revert back to the log and see what was
entered in the clipboard.
19459 emacs: message sent
Default
19460 Word query: censuring
Word Lookup
19461 Clipboard: 2022-06-25-17:03:15
Clipboard
19462 Clipboard: 2022-06-25-17:05:56
Clipboard
19463 Clipboard: 2022-06-25-17:06:31
Clipboard
19464 Clipboard: 2022-06-25-17:07:46
Clipboard
Emacs in development version has now SQLite database built-in, it is
worth using it to capture pieces of information.
--
Jean
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