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>

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From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com, larsi <at> gnus.org, 56393 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#56393: Actually fix the long lines display bug
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 07:49:44 +0000

>
> As far as I can see, font locking is the one and only remaining cause of 
> slowdowns that is under control of Emacs.  Mode-specific slowdowns can 
> of course not be solved in Emacs.  So what about simply turning font 
> locking off unconditionally when long lines are detected in a buffer, 
> until the font locking slowdowns are fixed?
>

(Doing that would also make it easier to get feedback about other causes 
of slowdown, if any.)
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