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Say "Consider switching so-long mode on" when detecting long line files

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Devon2020 <at> jovi.net, 44818 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44818: 27.0.91; wedged
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 07:57:10 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> Why doesn't Emacs just check for long lines (in the C code, for speed)
>> when opening files, and offer the "visit literally?" if it detects them?
>
> That's what so-long-mode does, AFAIR.  It was designed to solve these
> use cases, and AFAIR it does that well enough to not need to invent
> yet another similar wheel.
>
> We should try to finish the bits that aren't yet finalized, and turn
> it on by default as soon as we can.

I didn't know that so-long was going to be switched on by default -- in
that case, that should indeed solve these problems.

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