GNU bug report logs - #1503
feature request: multiline header (and mode) lines

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: rudalics <at> gmx.at, 1503 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#1503: feature request: multiline header (and mode) lines
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 19:46:03 +0300

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:53:45 -0700
> Cc: 1503 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> >> I thought of putting that text in the buffer, but that makes it much
> >> harder to update the text.
> >
> > At the moment, we can't do that because the fact that a header-line
> > occupies exactly one line of text is hardwired into many lower-level
> > primitives.
> 
> Could those primitives be changed to support this use-case?

Of course.  It's just a lot of work, and will probably have a long
tail (because many places assume that without stating the assumption
clearly enough for you to catch it).

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