GNU bug report logs - #38796
26.3; `view-lossage': Use a variable for the lossage limit

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Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 17:06:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Found in version 26.3

Done: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 38796 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38796: 26.3; `view-lossage': Use a variable for the lossage limit
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 09:34:17 -0800 (PST)

> It's a constant size of a vector that records the keys in a cyclical
> fashion.  So it isn't enough to expose the value to Lisp; one must
> also write code that reallocates the vector when the value changes,
> and copies the keystrokes from the old to the new vector in the
> correct order.  Not rocket science, but still.

I see.  I hope such an enhancement is made.

> Patches are welcome.

A C patch will have to come from someone other than me.
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