Re: longlines-mode

[Stefan Monnier]

>>> If the defaults are chosen for similarity to other long-lines editors,
>>> I'd guess you should turn on `longlines-wrap-follows-window-size' by
>>> default.  At least gedit (and notepad.exe, IIRC) do it by default.
>> 
>> I would, if not for the fact that longlines-wrap-follows-window-size
>> doesn't behave well when the buffer is simultaneously displayed in two
>> windows with different widths.  This is not fixable without C-level
>> changes.  There have been discussions about this issue on this list in
>> the past, but I don't think it'll be fixed in the immediate future.
>> So the current behavior is a compromise.

> BTW, Is it time to merge Kim's patch?

>   Line wrapping during redisplay
>   http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2005-07/msg01112.html

That is indeed a feature we want to integrate and now wouldn't be the
worst time for it.  Kim, would you have time to help us do that?


        Stefan