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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Is the so-long package still needed currently?
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 14:24:22 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83leieubrt.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGP6POKHq4rUqf=5WOM4wdT4sNUa2r53-CtnRGpMCaff3JORLQ@mail.gmail.com> (message from Hongyi Zhao on Wed, 26 Apr 2023 19:16:41 +0800)

> From: Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 19:16:41 +0800
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> 
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 7:04 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> >
> > > But I'm not sure whether the feature in Emacs by default has already
> > > capable to do all the works currently. Any tips will be appreciated.
> >
> > Emacs 29 is supposed to fix the problem with very long lines, but
> > Emacs 29 was not yet released, and so we don't yet have enough data
> > points to decide that so-long-mode is no longer necessary.
> 
> I use the lasted git master version of Emacs:
> 
> GNU Emacs 30.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.34,
>  cairo version 1.16.0) of 2023-01-24
> 
> > IOW, "the jury is still out" on this issue.
> 
> Then, what about my situation?

As I said: we don't yet know the answer.  You can try not using
so-long-mode, but I don't have any specific recommendation for you
yet.  It is up to you.



  reply	other threads:[~2023-04-26 11:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-04-26 10:47 Is the so-long package still needed currently? Hongyi Zhao
2023-04-26 11:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-04-26 11:16   ` Hongyi Zhao
2023-04-26 11:24     ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2023-04-26 11:26     ` Thibaut Verron

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