Re: please change default value of truncate-partial-width-windows to nil

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> Actually, the most reasonable approach might be to not introduce a new
> option (with the confusion of variable interaction and override), but
> simply to let `truncate-lines have three possible (buffer-local)
> values:

> nil     - never  truncate lines in the current buffer
> t       - always truncate lines in the current buffer
> integer - do what integer `truncate-partial-width-windows' does today

I think this would make a lot of sense.
I.e. first extend truncate-lines so it can take an integer value, then
mark truncate-partial-width-windows as obsolete.


        Stefan