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From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
To: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
Cc: Emacs Devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: longlines-show-hard-newlines - should not the default be t?
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:09:27 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d4ma2s3c.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <485DA2E7.3010207@gmail.com> (Lennart Borgman's message of "Sun,  22 Jun 2008 02:55:03 +0200")

"Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:

> I think the default value should be t. I think longlines can be quite
> confusing otherwise.

That runs into problems when the buffer is displayed in of different
widths.  This is one of the two main limitations of longlines mode (the
other being the font-lock problem discussed before).

I am taking a look at Kim Storm's window wrapping code.  Probably it's
better to offer that from the menu bar, instead of longlines mode.




  reply	other threads:[~2008-06-22  1:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-06-22  0:55 longlines-show-hard-newlines - should not the default be t? Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-06-22  1:09 ` Chong Yidong [this message]
2008-06-22  1:27   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-06-22  1:37     ` Chong Yidong
2008-06-22  1:38     ` Chong Yidong
2008-06-22  1:35 ` Miles Bader
2008-06-22 10:02   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-06-22 12:11     ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-22 12:28       ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-06-22 18:08         ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-06-22 18:03           ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-06-22 18:26             ` David Kastrup
2008-06-22 18:32               ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-06-22 18:37                 ` David Kastrup
2008-06-22 21:37               ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-22 21:49                 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-06-22 21:29           ` Drew Adams

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