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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>

Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 18:01:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
Cc: 56682 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#56682: Fix the long lines font locking related slowdowns
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
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