From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11354: 24.1.50; long lines (214 chars!) in files.el Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:30:15 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1335465072 27693 80.91.229.3 (26 Apr 2012 18:31:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:31:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 11354@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 26 20:31:11 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SNTTA-0008Pi-Tt for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:31:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36871 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNTTA-0006sr-9q for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:31:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:54123) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNTT6-0006sF-Ut for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:31:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNTT5-00065W-B3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:31:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:53595) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNTT5-000655-8a for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:31:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SNTU2-0008HH-4C for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:32:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:32:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11354 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 11354-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11354.133546507931769 (code B ref 11354); Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:32:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11354) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Apr 2012 18:31:19 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54628 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SNTTK-0008GK-6s for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:31:18 -0400 Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.20]:50408) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SNTTI-0008GD-77 for 11354@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:31:17 -0400 Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id q3QIUFhB029073; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:30:16 -0400 Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 6C05CB4179; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:30:15 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:22:10 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.94 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV4204=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.2.0.9309 : core <4204> : streams <750395> : uri <1103969> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:59533 Archived-At: > Here's the longest line, but there are plenty of others that are also > far too long: Checkout the Bzr, ask for write-access, and fix it yourself. > Just chop it: > ("\\`/etc/\\(?:DIR_COLORS\\|ethers\\|.?fstab\\|.*hosts\\|lesskey\\|login\\.?de\ > \\(?:fs\\|vperm\\)\\|magic\\|mtab\\|pam\\.d/.*\\|permissions\\(?:\\.d/.+\\)?\ > \\|protocols\\|rpc\\|services\\)\\'" . conf-space-mode) I really dislike long lines, but FWIW the above "chopped up" string, is no better than the auto-wrapped one, really (i.e. while it does stick to the letter of the 80-column rule, it doesn't help with the underlying problem). In order to do better, you need to use `concat', cut it into logical units, properly indented, ... Stefan