GNU bug report logs - #46859
28.0.50; [PATCH]: Add option to truncate long lines in xref.el

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Theodor Thornhill <theo <at> thornhill.no>

Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 20:42:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Found in version 28.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>, 46859 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#46859: 28.0.50; [PATCH]: Add option to truncate long lines in xref.el
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2021 14:39:36 +0200
On 04.03.2021 19:56, Juri Linkov wrote:
>>> I don't know if extra font-locking is worth worse performance.
>>> But I took this idea for consistency from occur that uses
>>> 'font-lock-ensure' in 'occur-engine-line'.
>> If you're sure you want this behavior, we can make it a user option.
> I'm not sure because most hits are not fontified anyway
> when not all files are visited especially in a large codebase.

Other values for this option for better consistency could mean "strip 
all fontifications" and "make sure to visit every file and fontify every 
line".

I'm not sure anybody would want either of them, though.




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