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Re: Is the so-long package still needed currently?
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: Is the so-long package still needed currently? |
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Wed, 26 Apr 2023 14:24:22 +0300 |
> From: Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 19:16:41 +0800
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
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> On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 7:04 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
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> > > But I'm not sure whether the feature in Emacs by default has already
> > > capable to do all the works currently. Any tips will be appreciated.
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> > Emacs 29 is supposed to fix the problem with very long lines, but
> > Emacs 29 was not yet released, and so we don't yet have enough data
> > points to decide that so-long-mode is no longer necessary.
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> I use the lasted git master version of Emacs:
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> GNU Emacs 30.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.34,
> cairo version 1.16.0) of 2023-01-24
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> > IOW, "the jury is still out" on this issue.
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> Then, what about my situation?
As I said: we don't yet know the answer. You can try not using
so-long-mode, but I don't have any specific recommendation for you
yet. It is up to you.