Subject: Re: bug#45652: so-long mode not triggered despite big file with very long lines

From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 13:53:11 +0800

>>>>> "PS" == Phil Sainty <[email-masked]> writes:
PS> Oh, it's an archive format?  In that case Emacs should probably
PS> learn to treat it similarly to tar files, etc?

OK but emacs will never be able to keep up with who knows what new
archive mode gets invented. Hence so-long mode will always have its place.