Re: [Emacs-diffs] emacs-25 1f680db: Fix compilation next-error in buffers with selective-display

[Richard Stallman]

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  > But as long as the feature stays, it's wrong to refrain from solving
  > such simple problems, hoping that the issue will go away by itself
  > somehow.

I agree.

Both of the features I attached to selective-display
were similar to features that people found useful in another editor.
The feature of hiding indented lines makes it possible to see the
overall structure of a program.

The other feature, where changing NL to ^M makes the following line
invisible, might be replaced with overlays now.  Someone could give
that a try and see how well it works.  Overlays might be much slower
in a large buffer when most of the lines are hidden.

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