>>> >>> While we are at editing code blocks inline (I also do this quite often). >>> >>> This might have been asked before, but in code blocks we have >>> >>> - syntax highlighting >>> - indenting using the code block language settings >>> >>> but would it be possible to have, when the cursor is in a code block, >>> the menus and shortcuts for the language mode enabled, i.e. complete >>> support for editing the code block language, as in the special buffer, >>> but inline in org? Evaluationg single lines of code directly from the >>> code block in org would be *brilliant*. >> >> This is very complicated, because such functionality needs >> the entire environment of a mode. I think there are some solutions >> which allow multiple major modes - but I don't think we will go >> there with Org. > > This is definitely not an easy task, but which I think would be an very > useful feature, making the work-flow of using embedded code much faster. >
I don't think this is an attainable goal. Major modes assume that they are the sole owners of the current buffer and of the related state. Breaking this assumption would open a deep can of major-mode-specific problems which would each require major-mode-specific solutions. The only solution I see would be to somehow give each code block it's own buffer, and then trick Emacs into treating multiple buffers as a single buffer for purposes of display and cursor movement. If someone wanted to develop such functionality I think it would best be done independent of Org-mode. Best, -- Eric Schulte https://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte PGP: 0x614CA05D
