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 11:03:14 +0000

>
> The usual interpretation of "capable" in Emacs is that we do it unless 
> the user tells us not to.  Otherwise users will ask why not do it 
> whenever possible, definitely for a feature like this one.  So that is 
> the contradiction which I had in mind.
>

I understand.  Nonetheless, the OED tells me "capable: adj. 1 (capable of 
doing something) having the ability or quality necessary to do something."

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