From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: bruce.connor.am@gmail.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18589: Why is the the longlines package obsolete? 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X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:93901 Archived-At: --089e015388b6af82fc05044568c0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi, It seems the longlines package has been marked obsolete for emacs 24.4, in lieu of visual-line-mode. However, from what I understand, visual-line-mode isn't capable of wraping lines to be shorter than window width, which was one of longlines' features. Is longlines-mode really redundant? Or was it marked obsolete for another reason. Cheers, Malabarba --089e015388b6af82fc05044568c0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi,
It seems the longlines package has = been marked obsolete for emacs 24.4, in lieu of visual= -line-mode.

However, from what I understand, visual-l= ine-mode isn't capable of wraping lines to be shorter than window width= , which was one of longlines' features.

Is longlines-= mode really redundant? Or was it marked obsolete for another reason.
Cheers,
Malabarba
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