Re: Line wrap reconsidered

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Yuan Fu <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 14:13:04 -0400
> 
> Here is what I come up with: in redisplay code, instead of only checking for 
> whitespace, check for a ‘no-wrap text-property, if the character has this 
> property, don’t wrap before[1] this character (or maybe it can be the 
> opposite, only wrap when the character has a ‘can-wrap property). And this 
> text property is calculated and applied once. 

What are the use cases for such a feature?

> Is checking text property is fast enough for redisplay?

We do this all the time in the display code, so speed shouldn't be a
problem.