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I'm > sorry that what I wrote, and how I wrote it, made you feel that way. It is ok, I just don't want us to go into social media discussion style where there is more important to assert own ego then to come into some insight. >>> >>> Yes, let binding is fundamental. But I think it's the first time I see >>> 'cl-letf' with the 'symbol-function' place. >> >> https://nullprogram.com/blog/2017/10/27/ >> https://endlessparentheses.com/understanding-letf-and-how-it-replaces-flet.html >> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39550578/in-emacs-what-is-the-difference-between-cl-flet-and-cl-letf >> > > Thanks for these links. I like cl-flet and cl-labels :-) They are good for introducing *new* bindings, not so for overriding locally. >>>> but I am not sure if I can do anything here without introducing at-least an >>>> extra keymap, to not install into the org-capture-mode-map, so I can as well >>>> create a minor mode, but at this point it is not much different than >>>> re-invinting the read-string, so I'll terminate my experiment here :). >>> >>> You can replace the buffer keymap with a keymap that only contain your custom >>> keys, and inherits everything else from org-capture-mode-map. >> >> Isn't that what I wrote: introducing an extra keymap? >> Of course I can solve the problem differently, but that was not what question >> was about :). > > Right. Even when inheriting from the old keymap, it's still building a > new keymap. Sorry :-) > > >> Well, I definitely understand you, and agree that overwriting function for >> everyone and everything is not the best idea, but unfortunately bindings work as >> they do in Emacs. I would prefer to have a local binding, with cl-flet, but this >> does not work in Emacs: >> >> (defun my-read-string (prompt) >> (let ((delta 20 ) >> (minibuffer-mode-map org-mode-map)) >> (window-resize (minibuffer-window) delta) >> (cl-flet ((org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c () >> (interactive) >> (let ((s (buffer-string))) >> (exit-minibuffer) s)) >> (minibuffer-mode () #'org-mode) >> (minibuffer-complete-and-exit () #'org-return) >> (org-kill-note-or-show-branches () #'keyboard-escape-quit)) >> (read-string (concat "# Press C-c C-c to continue, C-c C-k to cancel\n# " >> prompt "\n\n"))))) > > Yes. cl-flet looks safe to me :-) > >> >> Hooks serve a different purpose. Advice can serve same purpose with exactly >> same side effect, and some other limitations. With some care, let-binding is >> still more "local" then advice. With other words, I agree with you about the >> problems, but not with dogmatic approach that it should never be done, and >> that hooks and advices are the replacement. > > Sorry if my words sounding dogmatic. > Else, I agree too :-) > > >>> >>>> I am very interested to hear more on the topic, since I would definitely like to >>>> learn more about different techniques. >>> >>> Variables are designed to be overriden (let bounds). Functions are not >> >> I have never heard before that functions are not designed to be overriden. I >> think of them as two slots in a symbol structure; let creates bindings for value >> slot, and flet for function slot. Functions are just objects or data as any >> other value in lisp. >> >>> (as there is only one binding at any given time). >> >> Yes, unfortunately, in Emacs it is so; > > ok. We do really agree then :-) > > >> but I don't think it should be > :). > > ... oh no ! ;-) > > >> >> There is an interesting package by Nick Ferrier >> >> https://github.com/nicferrier/emacs-noflet > >> but it does not seem to work, at least not for me. > > It's almost like a temporary advice ;-) > > > About your use case, if what you need is asynchronous editing, maybe the > with-editor package will be of interest to you: > https://github.com/magit/with-editor/blob/main/lisp/with-editor.el > > It allows sub-processes to call Emacs for editing tasks. It's used by > magit. It's easy enough to reuse. I've attached my attempt at it if > you're interested. > > best, > > Bruno > > (cl-defun my-edit-async (finish &key mode buffer-name setup cancel) > "Open a buffer, let the user edit its content. > Return the editing buffer. Call FINISH in the editing buffer if > the user validates his edit (C-c C-c). When CANCEL is non-nil, > call CANCEL in the editing buffer if the user cancels his > edit (C-c C-k). When done, delete the buffer and its content. > > When MODE is non-nil, use it as the major-mode. When BUFFER-NAME > is non-nil, use it to generate a new unique name of the editing buffer. > When SETUP is non-nil, call it in the edit buffer to setup the > buffer before starting the edit." > (unless buffer-name (setq buffer-name "@Async edit")) > (let ((buf (generate-new-buffer buffer-name))) > (with-current-buffer buf > (when mode (funcall mode)) > (when setup > (funcall setup)) > (with-editor-mode 1) > (setq with-editor-previous-winconf > (current-window-configuration)) > (add-hook 'with-editor-pre-finish-hook > (lambda () > (funcall finish) > (set-buffer-modified-p nil)) > nil :local) > (add-hook 'with-editor-pre-cancel-hook > (lambda () > (when cancel (funcall cancel)) > (set-buffer-modified-p nil)) > nil :local) > (switch-to-buffer buf)) > buf)) > > (my-edit-async > (lambda () (message "My edit:\n%S" (buffer-string))) > :cancel (lambda () (message "Canceled (discarded: %s)" (buffer-string))) > :setup (lambda () (insert "initial content") (goto-char (point-min)))) > That looks very nice indeed. I am not aware of that package, I will definitely use it somewhere, sometime. But with that we are getting now into 1K extra sloc solution. With this experiment, I was mostly interesting to see how I can re-use what already is in Emacs. Lisps are great for prototyping and writing new software. Legend says that Steele was cranking out 10 intepreters a week at his time :). I don't know how true it is, just read it in some blog, but the point is that we are rather typing fast new pieces instead of learning how to re-use stuff, which in the long run I believe is a bad habit, since we are debugging bits that does the same what someone else already debugged. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against using someones package, certainly not with-editor, seems like a good package; I am just talking about programming in general. This was also me trying to get better in Emacs Lisp, but I have to admit I am a bit dissapointed we can't just override function bindings with cl-flet. Function slot is just another slot :). I am using cl-labels and cl-flet myself to introduce "local" functions, to not pollute global namespace (symbol table), which they are good for, and to keep code local where it is used, and I think they are also slightly more clear then lambdas. They are good for that, unfortunately it is a bit of dissapoitment that we can't locally bind functions slots other then actually overriding them globally. And for the last time: I am not using this version of read-string, I don't need it myself; it was just me thinking how to implement something after reading a blog post. Anyway, thanks for the input, it was valuable to me. regards /a