| Re: clone buffer that is visiting a file |
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Group: gnu.emacs.help · Group Profile
Author: xraysmalevichxraysmalevich Date: Sep 5, 2008 06:44
On Sep 4, 9:45Â pm, Kevin Rodgers gmail.com> wrote:>> If you try to run clone-buffer on a file-visiting buffer, it won't
>> happen, and you get the error message "Cannot clone a file-visiting
>> buffer."
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>> I think I understand why -- if you clone a file-visiting buffer, both
>> buffers are visiting the same file -- and this is more a situation for
>> an indirect buffer. Is this correct?
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>> But what about situations where you want the entire text of the file-
>> visiting buffer, the same major mode, but not have it be visiting a
>> file? Is there any easier way to do this other than copying the entire
>> buffer and starting from scratch?
I'll look into that. Mainly, though, I'm looking at extracting some
information from the original file, without modifying it. There's no
need to save the resulting data-set. I suppose I should look into a
save-excursion and reducing it to what I want, then reverting.
Nervously, I preferred to copy the whole thing somewhere else, then
get down to business.
--the Other michael
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