From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Patch: Syntax and Hard Newlines Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:04:26 -0500 Message-ID: References: <455F19FC.6@gmx.at> <87wt5svkz1.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <45603BEB.6050006@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1163991891 25850 80.91.229.2 (20 Nov 2006 03:04:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 03:04:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: martin rudalics , herberteuler@hotmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, miles@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 20 04:04:48 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GlzSd-0007Uw-RY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:04:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GlzSd-00020T-7d for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:04:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GlzST-0001zx-0E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:04:33 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GlzSR-0001zV-Iz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:04:32 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GlzSR-0001zS-FJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:04:31 -0500 Original-Received: from [209.226.175.97] (helo=tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GlzSN-0001CH-Cc; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:04:27 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([70.55.143.67]) by tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20061120030426.OIAK3449.tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net@pastel.home>; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:04:26 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 55A4E8624; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:04:26 -0500 (EST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sun\, 19 Nov 2006 20\:37\:38 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.90 (gnu/linux) 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:62528 Archived-At: > - I use two windows of different widths to simultaneously show one and > the same buffer. How can I adapt longlines-mode to wrap at the right > borders of my windows? > It is impossible for anything like Longlines mode to do that. > That would require a feature implemented entirely within redisplay. Actually, applying a `display' property of "\n" on some spaces, using overlays that also have a `window' property would make it possible. Maybe impractical, tho ;-) And since Kim had a patch to do it much more cleanly and efficiently at the C level, it doesn't seem worth the trouble. Stefan