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 14:03:17 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83o7naucqy.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGP6POJFnyRUZ25M_2tG-yMdSM3ox7ZMhtWdXag5kqYOi4Sarw@mail.gmail.com> (message from Hongyi Zhao on Wed, 26 Apr 2023 18:47:51 +0800)
> From: Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 18:47:51 +0800
>
> Hi here,
>
> A long time ago, I've added the following configuration in my init.el file:
>
> ```
> ;; https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2022-03/msg00511.html
> ;; https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ogbl#inbox/FMfcgzGpFqRpjCqNNHSgDgkqmXWwtLrS
> (use-package so-long
> :config
> (setq-default so-long-action 'longlines-mode)
> (setq-default longlines-show-hard-newlines t)
> (global-so-long-mode +1)
> )
> ```
>
> 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.
IOW, "the jury is still out" on this issue.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-04-26 11:03 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 [this message]
2023-04-26 11:16 ` Hongyi Zhao
2023-04-26 11:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-04-26 11:26 ` Thibaut Verron
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