From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: longlines-show-hard-newlines - should not the default be t? Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:09:27 -0400 Message-ID: <87d4ma2s3c.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <485DA2E7.3010207@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1214096988 4492 80.91.229.12 (22 Jun 2008 01:09:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:09:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Devel To: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 22 03:10:33 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KAE6C-00079f-UB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:10:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39523 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KAE5N-0000KU-VC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:09:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KAE5I-0000Gk-3P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:09:36 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KAE5G-0000ET-91 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:09:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52033 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KAE5G-0000EK-5M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:09:34 -0400 Original-Received: from c-24-63-201-57.hsd1.ma.comcast.net ([24.63.201.57]:11540 helo=furry) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KAE5G-0003nw-1a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:09:34 -0400 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 510B4C054; Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:09:27 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <485DA2E7.3010207@gmail.com> (Lennart Borgman's message of "Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:55:03 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:99651 Archived-At: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" 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.