Re: longlines-show-hard-newlines - should not the default be t?

[Chong Yidong]

"Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <address@hidden> writes:

> > > I think the default value should be t. I think longlines can 
   be quite
> > > confusing otherwise.
> >
> > That runs into problems when the buffer is displayed in of 
  different
> > widths.  This is one of the two main limitations of longlines 
  mode (the
> > other being the font-lock problem discussed before).
>
> I am sorry, but I did not follow that discussion. What are the 
 problems?

Sorry, I was confused.  I thought you meant
longlines-wrap-follows-window-size.  But yeah, regarding
longlines-show-hard-newlines: what Miles said.