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bug#1503: feature request: multiline header (and mode) lines
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#1503: feature request: multiline header (and mode) lines |
Date: |
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 19:46:03 +0300 |
> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:53:45 -0700
> Cc: 1503@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> >> I thought of putting that text in the buffer, but that makes it much
> >> harder to update the text.
> >
> > At the moment, we can't do that because the fact that a header-line
> > occupies exactly one line of text is hardwired into many lower-level
> > primitives.
>
> Could those primitives be changed to support this use-case?
Of course. It's just a lot of work, and will probably have a long
tail (because many places assume that without stating the assumption
clearly enough for you to catch it).