Subject: Re: bug#56682: Fix the long lines font locking related slowdowns

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2022 04:39:45 -0400

>> But once you step into "impossible to circumvent", you start going
>> directly against the goals of Free Software (and Emacs) to empower
>> the user.
> But it is *not* impossible to circumvent.  Just add (setq
> long-line-threshold nil) in your init file, or evaluate it with M-:, or...

That's like saying you can fix the ugly color on strings by turning off font-lock.

        Stefan