From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: the future of longlines-mode Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:24:33 -0400 Message-ID: <8763c828v2.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1251411904 25436 80.91.229.12 (27 Aug 2009 22:25:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:25:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Development To: David Reitter Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 28 00:24:57 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MgnOl-0007n5-0e for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:24:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35097 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MgnOj-0002BI-PX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:24:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MgnOd-00029c-7k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:24:43 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MgnOX-00024w-Vm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:24:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57081 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MgnOX-00024a-Mq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:24:37 -0400 Original-Received: from pantheon-po40.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.103]:37840) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MgnOV-0000Sv-Io for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:24:35 -0400 Original-Received: from furry (dhcp128036014244.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.244]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po40.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id n7RMOXng026194 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:24:33 -0400 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C2443C070; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:24:33 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (David Reitter's message of "Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:19:42 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:114706 Archived-At: David Reitter writes: > Will longlines-mode be marked obsolete in Emacs 23.2 and removed in > Emacs 24? > > Warnings could be printed in Emacs 23.2 when `turn-on-longlines-mode' > is called, and Emacs 24 could automatically enable `visual-line-mode' > in its place. It is not perfectly compatible, of course, but it > probably DTRT for the vast majority of users, while the few others can > probably be trusted to install longlines manually as an add-on. I've been meaning to do that, but first I'd like to implement the "specify a wrap column other than the right window edge" feature. I've been too busy to work on this, though.