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Re: redisplay - very long lines
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: redisplay - very long lines |
Date: |
Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:16:38 +0200 |
> Cc: address@hidden
> From: David Reitter <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:02:57 -0500
>
> > If we can tolerate an incorrect display, maybe. The invisible part of
> > the line could in principle include characters and faces whose
> > presence may have global effects on the rest of the displayed portion,
> > such as faces that use larger fonts, to say nothing of inline images.
>
>
> Are such consequences wanted even if the line continues beyond the
> window vertically (i.e. truncate-lines == nil || word-wrap != nil)?
Sorry, I don't understand: which consequences? I think we want a
correct display under all supported varieties of display-related
settings.
> I could equally see the argument for displaying as many lines as
> possible and only increasing line heights when the user scrolls
> horizontally and the glyph is made visible.
That'd be horrible, I think: display jumping back and forth as point
moves horizontally.
> If this redisplay issue is all that hinders users from editing such
> files (e.g., XML without newlines), fixing it would be a good idea
> IMHO.
I agree. If someone volunteers to remove this limitation or make it
less painful, they'll have my support. But I don't think leaving the
display in so blatantly incorrect state is a way to do it.
- redisplay - very long lines, David Reitter, 2009/02/16
- Re: redisplay - very long lines, Eli Zaretskii, 2009/02/16
- Re: redisplay - very long lines, David Reitter, 2009/02/16
- Re: redisplay - very long lines,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: redisplay - very long lines, Stefan Monnier, 2009/02/17
- Re: redisplay - very long lines, Eli Zaretskii, 2009/02/17
- Re: redisplay - very long lines, David Reitter, 2009/02/17
- Re: redisplay - very long lines, Eli Zaretskii, 2009/02/17
- Re: redisplay - very long lines, David Reitter, 2009/02/17
- Re: redisplay - very long lines, Eli Zaretskii, 2009/02/18
- Re: redisplay - very long lines, Stefan Monnier, 2009/02/18
- Re: redisplay - very long lines, David Reitter, 2009/02/18
- Re: redisplay - very long lines, Stefan Monnier, 2009/02/17
- Re: redisplay - very long lines, Eli Zaretskii, 2009/02/17