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How to view and edit only a small part of a text file in Emacs


I would like to accomplish the following behaviour in Emacs and was wondering if there's an existing package that already does what I want.

I want my buffer to display only lines 30 to 60 in file myfile.txt, and simply hide the rest of the file from me.

This is very close to my ideal workflow. Thanks very much for your help!


Solution

  • Try library Narrow Indirect (narrow-indirect.el)

    It provides simple commands to create an indirect buffer that is a clone of the current buffer and that is narrowed to a particular portion of it. By default, it helps you distinguish such indirect buffers from non-indirect buffers, by using a buffer-name prefix (default I-) and by using a different face for the buffer name in the mode line.