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		anschwa on Jan 30, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The benefits of everything being a buffer in Emacs Yes! wdired and wgrep are really fun. It's amazing how Emacs utilizes buffers to offer a very powerful and consistent user interface. I think some other compelling examples are compilation-mode and magit.

a_e_k on Jan 30, 2023 [–]

And `e` in occur to go into the very similar occur-edit-mode (which also works in multi-occur to make changes across multiple buffers).

anschwa on Jan 30, 2023 | [–]

Wow! Occur is the gift that keeps on giving. That's great!

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