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From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 18589@debbugs.gnu.org, bruce.connor.am@gmail.com
Subject: bug#18589: Why is the the longlines package obsolete?
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 16:39:35 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <apd2abikxk.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvh9zpj7w7.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 30 Sep 2014 14:19:36 -0400")

Stefan Monnier wrote:

>> 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.
>
> You can get the same result by fiddling with the window margins or by
> splitting your window.  I seem to remember someone writing code to do
> that conveniently, but I wouldn't know where to find it.

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2013-12/msg00475.html





  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-10-01 20:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-09-30  9:57 bug#18589: Why is the the longlines package obsolete? bruce.connor.am
2014-09-30 15:54 ` Glenn Morris
2014-09-30 16:18   ` bruce.connor.am
2014-09-30 18:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-09-30 23:40   ` bruce.connor.am
2014-10-01  1:33     ` Stefan Monnier
2014-10-01  8:01       ` bruce.connor.am
2014-10-01 20:39   ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2022-07-02 15:33   ` bug#51051: Restore longlines.el to non-obsolete status Lars Ingebrigtsen

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