GNU bug report logs - #18530
24.3; Emacs unable to handle very large lines

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Amit Barve <mtbar131 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 17:57:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 3219, 4123, 9589, 13675, 15555, 22143, 24523, 30457, 32523, 40007

Found in versions 23.1, 24.2, 24.2.93, 24.3, 24.5, 26.0.91, 27.0.50, 28.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #31 received at 18530 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Amit Barve <mtbar131 <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 18530 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Alexis <flexibeast <at> gmail.com>,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#18530: 24.3; Emacs unable to handle very large lines
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 08:21:08 +0530

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Thanks a lot!
I hope that this will get fixed soon
Till then we can use "long-line mode!"

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 8:12 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> > From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> > Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  18530 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  Alexis <
> flexibeast <at> gmail.com>
> > Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 22:30:53 -0400
> >
> > > I think if we can get over this limitation of Emacs it will
> > > make Emacs a little more powerful!
> >
> > Yes, we all agree.  Eli is probably the most knowledgeable about fixing
> > this bug.
>
> Eli has actually filed the original bug about this.
>
> > Maybe some kind of caching could get us there.
>
> Not sure how that could help.  Anyway, this issue is constantly on my
> mind, so "some day" I might have an idea.  Or maybe someone else will.
>

Thanks
Amit Barve

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