From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: find longest lines during isearch Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:17:46 +0900 Message-ID: References: <87ejc8ytlw.fsf@catnip.gol.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1201141087 31599 80.91.229.12 (24 Jan 2008 02:18:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:18:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs-Devel To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 24 03:18:26 2008 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 1JHrfe-0007aF-0X for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:18:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JHrfD-0007kp-WB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:18:00 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JHrfA-0007jG-RI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:17:56 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JHrf8-0007g7-El for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:17:55 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JHrf8-0007g1-5i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:17:54 -0500 Original-Received: from tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.206]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JHrf4-0002s4-3h; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:17:50 -0500 Original-Received: from relay11.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.46]) by tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m0O2HMvu006711; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:17:47 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay11.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.20] [10.29.19.20]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:17:47 +0900 Original-Received: from dhapc248.dev.necel.com ([10.114.112.215] [10.114.112.215]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:17:47 +0900 Original-Received: by dhapc248.dev.necel.com (Postfix, from userid 31295) id DCD0243B; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:17:46 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:46:01 -0800") Original-Lines: 19 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) 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:87422 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: >> _Why_ do you use it, just out of curiousity? >> >> [I mean, what situation are you in where knowing the long line in a file >> is an operation you need to do several times a day...?] > > It doesn't matter. If you can't imagine using it, then it's probably not > useful for you. If you don't see the utility, then don't add it. C'mon, maybe some proposed features are so obviously useful that no explanation is needed, but not every one is like that. Seeing "use cases" (which seems to the currently fashionable term :-) can help a lot in the latter case... -Miles -- Cat, n. A soft, indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things go wrong in the domestic circle.