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Re: Emacs freezes again when I try to open a file including only one ver


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: Emacs freezes again when I try to open a file including only one very long line.
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:36:02 +0300

> From: Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 09:05:45 +0800
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> 
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 11:58 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
> > > Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 22:38:16 +0800
> > > Cc: help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> > >
> > > > IOW, it sounds like your complaint is now something else, not that
> > > > "Emacs freezes again".
> > >
> > > Yes. But new problem appears :-(
> >
> > It isn't a new problem.  The problem is the same: a file with very
> > long lines.  What you see is a partial solution: you get an Emacs that
> > still works, at least on all the other buffers and windows, and Emacs
> > that still responds to commands.  The Emacs that was frozen cold is
> > gone.
> 
> Therefore, Emacs still cannot properly handle this situation
> practically, at least for the user's point of view.

Actually, it _can_ handle this situation "practically", in that now it
doesn't freeze the entire session, thus allowing the user to do
something about the issue without losing any edits.



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