Re: Is the so-long package still needed currently?

[Hongyi Zhao]

On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 7:04 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> > From: Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
> > Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 18:47:51 +0800
> >
> > Hi here,
> >
> > A long time ago, I've added the following configuration in my init.el file:
> >
> > ```
> > ;; https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2022-03/msg00511.html
> > ;; 
> > https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ogbl#inbox/FMfcgzGpFqRpjCqNNHSgDgkqmXWwtLrS
> > (use-package so-long
> >   :config
> >   (setq-default so-long-action 'longlines-mode)
> >   (setq-default longlines-show-hard-newlines t)
> >   (global-so-long-mode +1)
> >   )
> > ```
> >
> > 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.
>
> 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.

I use the lasted git master version of Emacs:

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

> IOW, "the jury is still out" on this issue.

Then, what about my situation?

Regards,
Zhao