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: Longlines mode in menu Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:53:22 +0900 Message-ID: References: <87wsl41lq0.fsf@stupidchicken.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 1212645230 3597 80.91.229.12 (5 Jun 2008 05:53:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 05:53:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 05 07:54:32 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 1K48Qf-0003T1-FE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:54:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41179 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K48Ps-0002hO-Kk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:53:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K48Pk-0002g9-Gk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:53:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K48Pi-0002e8-M4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:53:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41394 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K48Pi-0002dw-4w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:53:30 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.193]:55118) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K48Pf-0003sh-59; Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:53:27 -0400 Original-Received: from relay11.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.46]) by tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m555rMI1008840; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 14:53:24 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay21.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.20] [10.29.19.20]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 14:53:24 +0900 Original-Received: from dhapc248.dev.necel.com ([10.114.112.215] [10.114.112.215]) by relay21.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 14:53:23 +0900 Original-Received: by dhapc248.dev.necel.com (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 108FC3A5; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 14:53:22 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <87wsl41lq0.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:42:31 -0400") Original-Lines: 17 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:98459 Archived-At: Chong Yidong writes: > Someone just suggested to me that Longlines mode should have an entry in > the Options menu of the menu-bar. This seems reasonable to me: new > users are likely to come across situations where Longlines mode is > necessary, but not know of its existence. Windows notepad has had such > an item in its menu for a while. Is longlines-mode more or less guaranteed to restore the buffer contents properly when being disabled? [I vaguely recall problems with longlines-mode occassionally trashing the buffer in the past, but a long time ago.] -Miles -- Joy, n. An emotion variously excited, but in its highest degree arising from the contemplation of grief in another.