Re: [emacs-bidi] editing text in "visual mode"

[Eli Zaretskii]

On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, Alex Schroeder wrote:

> hm, I don't know.  Assume we're typing a formula or some other complex
> thing.  Wouldn't we want to insert several characters at a time, for
> example 10?  You solution -- if I understand it correctly -- work like
> C-q, it only applies to the next key.  Or are you thinking of some
> minor-mode-like thing?

I'd say, let's try to make a command that inserts a single character, 
like C-q does, and if that works, we could make a minor mode.

But if you want to do it differently, please go ahead.  What I didn't 
quite like in your original suggestion was the need to edit in a separate 
buffer/window.  I would like to have a way to insert characters visually 
without switching buffers or windows (as far as the user is concerned; 
behind the scenes, you can switch buffers as you wish, of course).  Such 
an insertion would be slow, but if it isn't too slow, I think it's a more 
pleasant way of input.