GNU bug report logs - #56682
Fix the long lines font locking related slowdowns

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Message #1672 received at 56682 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 56682 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, dgutov <at> yandex.ru
Subject: Re: bug#56682: Fix the long lines font locking related slowdowns
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 12:42:04 +0000

>>>> Adding such a variable only two weeks after locked narrowing has been 
>>>> introduced means that modes will have little incentive to adapt to 
>>>> that stronger constraint, if they can "fix" whatever problems that 
>>>> constraint might cause by setting that variable to nil in their 
>>>> initialization hooks.
>>>
>>> Modes can do that already by changing long-line-threshold to nil, 
>>> don't they?
>>
>> They can indeed, but that variable is documented as "for debugging 
>> purposes" only.
>
> That never stopped anyone, IME.
>

At least they cannot tell the haven't been warned...

Can this change at least wait a few days?  I'm working on the next 
iteration of the code, I'll see if I can include such a feature.

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