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visual-line-mode as a replacement for longlines-mode
From: |
Torsten Bronger |
Subject: |
visual-line-mode as a replacement for longlines-mode |
Date: |
Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:27:48 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
Hallöchen!
I used Emacs org-mode in combination with longlines-mode. Now that
longlines-mode is gone, I use visual-line-mode. However, I consider
this a mild regression for two usecases.
(1)
Limiting line width. In longlines-mode, one could limit the line
width for legibility and/or aesthetics. This doesn't seem to be
possible anymore. In
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2010-05/msg00824.html>,
Stefan Monnier says (I paraphrase) that he sees no need to add a
set-wrap-width variable for visual line mode. I increase margin
width by using James Wright's solution on
<http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/VisualLineMode>. However, I regard
this as a kludge. It is not easy to find, may collide with other
things, and is visually less appealing to me than longlines-mode.
(2)
longlines-mode rendered org-mode lists better than visual-line-mode:
- this is
a list
versus
- this is
a list
The only solution is to use org-indent-mode. But this is intended
for a different use case. Actually, I think visual-line-mode should
work as well as longlines-mode. So should I file a bug report?
Tschö,
Torsten.
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