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@@ -334,16 +334,21 @@ Use something like 'M-x shell RET ssh <host> RET' instead. * Changes in Emacs 29.1 --- -** Emacs is now capable of editing files with arbitrarily long lines. -The display of long lines has been optimized, and Emacs no longer -chokes when a buffer on display contains long lines. If you still -experience slowdowns while editing files with long lines, this is due -either to the current major mode or one of the enabled minor modes, in -which case you should open the the file with M-x find-file-literally -instead of C-x C-f, or to truncation of long lines, which you can -disable with C-x x t. The buffer may also be occasionally -mis-fontified. The variable 'long-line-threshold' controls whether -and when these display optimizations are used. +** Emacs is now capable of editing files with very long lines. +The display of long lines has been optimized, and Emacs should no +longer choke when a buffer on display contains long lines. The +variable 'long-line-threshold' controls whether and when these display +optimizations are in effect. + +If you still experience slowdowns while editing files with long lines, +this is due either to the current major mode or to one of the enabled +minor modes. Try disabling the minor modes, or turn on 'so-long-mode' +or 'so-long-minor-mode', or visit the file with find-file-literally' +instead of the usual 'C-x C-f'. Another reason for slowdown could be +line truncation, which you can turn off with 'C-x x t'. + +Note that the display optimizations in these cases may cause the +buffer to be occasionally mis-fontified. +++ ** New command to change the font size globally. @@ -2458,10 +2463,10 @@ be saved. +++ ** New argument LOCK of 'narrow-to-region'. -When 'narrow-to-region' is called from Lisp with the optional third -argument LOCK non-nil, calls to 'widen', or to 'narrow-to-region' with -an optional argument LOCK nil, do not produce any effect until the end -of the current body form. +If 'narrow-to-region' is called from Lisp with the new optional +argument LOCK non-nil, then calls to 'widen' and calls to +'narrow-to-region' with the optional argument LOCK nil or omitted do +not produce any effect until the end of the current body form. ** Themes |