bug#18530: 24.3; Emacs unable to handle very large lines

[Amit Barve]

Thanks a lot!

I hope that this will get fixed soon

Till then we can use "long-line mode!"

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 8:12 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,  18530@debbugs.gnu.org,  Alexis <flexibeast@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 22:30:53 -0400
>
> > I think if we can get over this limitation of Emacs it will
> > make Emacs a little more powerful!
>
> Yes, we all agree.  Eli is probably the most knowledgeable about fixing
> this bug.

Eli has actually filed the original bug about this.

> Maybe some kind of caching could get us there.

Not sure how that could help.  Anyway, this issue is constantly on my
mind, so "some day" I might have an idea.  Or maybe someone else will.

Thanks
Amit Barve