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

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From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com, 56682 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: bug#56682: Fix the long lines font locking related slowdowns
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 10:50:02 +0000

>> In this case, "arbitrarily large" contradicts the text that follows, 
>> which describes the circumstances where that might not be true.
>
> I've carefully chosen the words of the title, and it doesn't contradict 
> what follows, as far as I understand.  It says "Emacs is now capable of 
> editing files with arbitrarily long lines", in which "capable" means 
> that it can do it, but will not always do it.  The circumstances that 
> are described in the text that follows tell the reader that the 
> remaining cases in which Emacs would choke on such files are outside of 
> Emacs' responsibility, they are the responsibility of major and minor 
> mode writers.
>

I see that you've already reverted.  Sigh.

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