GNU bug report logs - #18589
Why is the the longlines package obsolete?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: bruce.connor.am <at> gmail.com

Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 09:59:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 51051

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 #45 received at 18589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 18589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bruce.connor.am <at> gmail.com, 51051 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51051: Restore longlines.el to non-obsolete status
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2022 17:33:52 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> Recently someone pointed out that using longlines-mode in a buffer that
> contain *very* long lines makes it possible to view&edit the buffer
> without suffering unbearable performance problems.  So maybe in this
> sense it's not completely obsolete.

I've now unobsoleted longlines-mode in Emacs 29.

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