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Re: find longest lines during isearch


From: Miles Bader
Subject: Re: find longest lines during isearch
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:17:46 +0900

"Drew Adams" <address@hidden> writes:
>> _Why_ do you use it, just out of curiousity?
>>
>> [I mean, what situation are you in where knowing the long line in a file
>> is an operation you need to do several times a day...?]
>
> It doesn't matter. If you can't imagine using it, then it's probably not
> useful for you. If you don't see the utility, then don't add it.

C'mon, maybe some proposed features are so obviously useful that no
explanation is needed, but not every one is like that.  Seeing "use cases"
(which seems to the currently fashionable term :-) can help a lot in the
latter case...

-Miles

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