* etc/PROBLEMS: Very long lines being slow is a known issue.

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 ** Miscellaneous problems
 
+*** Editing files with very long lines is slow.
+
+For example, simply moving through a file that contains hundreds of
+thousands of characters per line is slow, and consumes a lot of CPU.
+This is a known limitation of Emacs with no solution at this time.
+
 *** Emacs uses 100% of CPU time
 
 This is a known problem with some versions of the Semantic package.