GNU bug report logs - #56393
Actually fix the long lines display bug

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>

Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2022 08:50:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 56393 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#56393: Actually fix the long lines display bug
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 14:10:20 +0000

>> Font locking is as far as I can see the main reason why Emacs is still 
>> a bit sluggish in such cases.
>
> Surely, a full and complete solution should make *no* compromises, not 
> even with secondary features.  (And preferably be completely transparent 
> to Lisp.)
>

Perfect is the enemy of good.  Emacs users have been plagued for decades 
by this bug, asking for a solution without any compromises is simply 
unreasonable.  Even more so as the compromise is, in this case, to disable 
a feature that is outside of the scope of this bug.
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