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From: Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: longlines-mode and visual-line-mode
Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 18:55:09 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xbaizlctp37m.fsf@cam.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 6A057D94-DD78-4C00-A711-2F6A41109E4A@gmail.com

On 2009-05-31 18:03 +0100, Miles Bader wrote:
[...]
> Also of course, because longlines-mode _modifies_ the buffer to do it's
> thing, it's more dangerous, far less efficient (think of a large
> buffer...), and far more likely to interact in unforseen (and likely
> bad) ways with various modes...
>
> -Miles
On 2009-05-31 18:17 +0100, Deniz Dogan wrote:
[...]
>
> I think Miles explained it pretty well...  longlines-mode does roughly
> the same thing by actually modifying the buffer contents.  It's rare
> to actually see this break anything, but I've experienced myself when
> blogging from Emacs using, among other things, Muse.  longlines-mode
> is simply the wrong thing to use now that we have real word-wrapping
> with visual-line-mode and word-wrap.
On 2009-05-31 18:21 +0100, David Reitter wrote:
[...]
> Try using a variable-width font, perhaps with at least some lines in a
> larger font, as in AUCTeX's latex-mode (section headings) - you should
> notice missed or over-eager line breaks in longlines-mode.
>
> Also, try editing a sufficiently large file, and then resize the
> window - you may notice slowness in longlines-mode.

I have now seen the difference. Thank you, Deniz, David and Miles.

> Is there still a need for longlines? We may want to get rid of it,
> using some aliases to switch users to using word-wrap.

I also think longlines should be marked obsolete for 23.1.


Leo





  reply	other threads:[~2009-05-31 17:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-05-31 16:05 longlines-mode and visual-line-mode Leo
2009-05-31 16:26 ` Deniz Dogan
2009-05-31 17:03   ` Miles Bader
2009-05-31 17:11   ` Leo
2009-05-31 17:17     ` Deniz Dogan
2009-05-31 17:21     ` David Reitter
2009-05-31 17:55       ` Leo [this message]
2009-05-31 21:21         ` Chong Yidong
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-06-01  0:53 MON KEY
2009-06-01  2:27 ` Leo
2009-06-01 14:08   ` Stefan Monnier
2009-06-01  5:14 MON KEY
2009-06-01  9:55 ` tomas
2009-06-01 10:01   ` Lennart Borgman
2009-06-01 13:27 ` Leo
2009-06-03  3:09 MON KEY

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