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bug#51051: Restore longlines.el to non-obsolete status
From: |
Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
bug#51051: Restore longlines.el to non-obsolete status |
Date: |
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 19:16:00 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
unarchive 18589
reopen 18589
forcemerge 18589 51051
tags 18589 - notabug
thanks
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Phil Sainty <psainty@orcon.net.nz> writes:
>
>> As longlines.el is still valuable for reasons unrelated to
>> visual-line-mode, I'd like it to be restored to non-obsolete
>> status.
>
> I think that makes sense. Does anybody else object?
There was a previous discussion in Bug#18589 (now merged):
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=18589
It seems like Stefan Monnier's take was this:
> Recently someone pointed out that using longlines-mode in a buffer that
> contain *very* long lines makes it possible to view&edit the buffer
> without suffering unbearable performance problems. So maybe in this
> sense it's not completely obsolete.
And:
> I wouldn't mind de-obsoleting it.
The last message in Bug#18589 links here:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2013-12/msg00475.html
(I'm copying in Stefan and Glenn, in case they have something to add.)