Re: truncate-lines as newline property

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> As I understand, truncate-lines is a buffer property, so it applies to every line in the buffer.
>> 
>> Is it possible with some rather small changes to redisplay make it per newline property, so you can specify
>> which line to truncate and to which apply buffer setting?
> ...
> Any real-life rationale for adding such a feature?

In Org mode, users often ask to disable line wrapping for tables
specifically:

| very wide table with a lot of text in it | is unreadable when wrapped  |
| so                                       | people                      |
| often                                    | want tables to be truncated |

| very wide table with a lot of text in it | is ⏎
unreadable when wrapped  |
| so                                       | peo⏎
ple                      |
| often                                    | want⏎
tables to be truncated |

At the same time, line wrapping in normal paragraphs is expected even
when wide tables are present.

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