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Re: master 9480169 1/2: Change the string-limit parameter semantics
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: master 9480169 1/2: Change the string-limit parameter semantics |
Date: |
Thu, 24 Dec 2020 05:30:34 +0200 |
> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2020 23:25:31 +0100
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > Why else would you need to limit a string?
>
> When talking to APIs with max-length fields; fixed-width data formats;
> database columns; etc.
"Columns" as in on display?
Anyway, my point is that almost every string in Emacs eventually gets
displayed.