From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18589: Why is the the longlines package obsolete? Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 16:39:35 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1412196017 30164 80.91.229.3 (1 Oct 2014 20:40:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 20:40:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 18589@debbugs.gnu.org, bruce.connor.am@gmail.com To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 01 22:40:10 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XZQh0-0006GT-KF for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Oct 2014 22:40:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58627 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XZQh0-0003Q7-8d for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Oct 2014 16:40:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54987) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XZQgu-0003Nf-AX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Oct 2014 16:40:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XZQgt-0008HT-Du for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Oct 2014 16:40:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:37952) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XZQgt-0008HJ-BH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Oct 2014 16:40:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XZQgs-0005QQ-Sq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Oct 2014 16:40:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 20:40:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18589 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: notabug Original-Received: via spool by 18589-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18589.141219598020816 (code B ref 18589); Wed, 01 Oct 2014 20:40:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18589) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Oct 2014 20:39:40 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57749 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XZQgW-0005Pg-9l for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 01 Oct 2014 16:39:40 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:38540) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XZQgS-0005PT-3J for 18589@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 01 Oct 2014 16:39:37 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XZQgR-0000cQ-BY; Wed, 01 Oct 2014 16:39:35 -0400 X-Spook: kilo class RSA Albanian Centro MD2 Plame Bosnia IMF X-Ran: Ol7Biy2FC7p=cQBsA-c^EK.Bu1z$*^|>5uyG.ublrAKMy#_6kl`&&*5Bsu(uPy:% (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 30 Sep 2014 14:19:36 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:93995 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier wrote: >> However, from what I understand, visual-line-mode isn't capable of wraping >> lines to be shorter than window width, which was one of longlines' features. > > You can get the same result by fiddling with the window margins or by > splitting your window. I seem to remember someone writing code to do > that conveniently, but I wouldn't know where to find it. http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2013-12/msg00475.html