• Description Edit mode for [[https://github.com/ch11ng/exwm][EXWM]]

  Similar to [[https://github.com/alpha22jp/atomic-chrome][atomic-chrome]]

  except this package is made to work with EXWM and it works with any editable element of any app

  The idea is very simple - when you invoke the edit, it simulates =C-a= + =C-c= (select all & copy), or simply =C-c= if you already have something pre-selected. Then it opens a buffer and yanks (pastes) the content so you can edit it, after you done - it grabs (now edited text) and pastes back to where it's started

[[file:howitworks.gif]]

Now that opens interesting possibilities, for example:

• when typing in ChromeDevTools console, you can initiate exwm-edit, then change major mode to whatever your favorite javascript mode is, have all the JS syntax highlighting, flycheck, etc;
• you can edit GitHub issues and wiki pages using markdown-mode and use your syntax checker and thesaurus;
• quickly modify url in browser address bar using multiple-cursors and regexp-replace things;
• edit and modify code snippets with ease in Slack;
• etc. and etc.

• Customization

In your ~init.el~ file, put the following ~use-package~ declaration before the call to ~exwm-enable~, since adjustments to ~exwm-input-global-keys~ only take effect before EXWM is enabled.

+begin_src emacs-lisp

(use-package exwm-edit :config ;; Edit text in an exwm-edit buffer (add-to-list 'exwm-input-global-keys '([?\C-c ?\'] . exwm-edit--compose)) (add-to-list 'exwm-input-global-keys '([?\C-c ?\'] . exwm-edit--compose))

;; You can use hooks to, e.g., set desired mode:
(defun ag-exwm/on-exwm-edit-compose ()
  (spacemacs/toggle-visual-line-navigation-on)
  (funcall 'markdown-mode))

(add-hook 'exwm-edit-compose-hook 'ag-exwm/on-exwm-edit-compose))

+end_src

• Keybindings

In the ~exwm-edit~ buffer, you can use ~C-c '~, ~C-c C-'~, ~C-c C-c~, or whatever key you have bound to ~save-buffer~ to insert the buffer contents into the X program. To discard the contents of the ~exwm-edit~ buffer and go back to the X program, press ~C-c C-k~.

• Changelog

** v0.0.4-pre

Nothing new yet...

** v0.0.3

• Autoload ~exwm-edit--compose~ and ~exwm-edit--compose-minibuffer~
• Just loading ~exwm-edit~ no longer binds any keys
• Window display now uses standard ~display-buffer~ actions. Customize ~exwm-edit-display-buffer-action~ instead of ~exwm-edit-split~.
• Require Emacs 27.1 or later
• Bug fixes