>>>>> "Hrvoje" == Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr&gt; writes: Hrvoje> Do you think this particular FSF Emacs feature is truly Hrvoje> useful? I wanted to devote some time implementing it, but Hrvoje> then I concluded that it is in 99.99% cases utterly useless, Hrvoje> and that I have better things to do with my time. Hrvoje> *** Faster processing of buffers with long lines Hrvoje> The new variable cache-long-line-scans determines whether Emacs Why is there a variable to turn it off if it's totally transparent?