Subject: bug#20344: 24.4; Ellipsis no longer expands abbreviated form

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 08:50:58 -0400

forcemerge 20344 20345
severity 20344 wishlist
retitle 20344 print-length ellipsis should be expandable in more cases
thanks

> 1. I launch emacs-24 -Q and insert following form in scratch buffer:
>     (let ((print-length 2) (print-level 3))
>       (pp load-history (current-buffer)))

IIUC the "... expands" feature only applies to some specific cases, not
for text inserted via `pp'.  Admittedly, it'd be good for those "..." to
be expandable in many more cases (ideally everywhere).

        Stefan