From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#45412: File ... is large (... MiB), really open? (y)es or (n)o or (l)iterally Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 06:52:37 +0100 Message-ID: <8735zuig9m.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87k0t72rhd.5.fsf@jidanni.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="4818"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 45412@debbugs.gnu.org, =?UTF-8?Q?=E7=A9=8D=E4=B8=B9=E5=B0=BC?= Dan Jacobson To: Daniel =?UTF-8?Q?Mart=C3=ADn?= Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 25 06:53:10 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ksg2H-0001AF-U8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 06:53:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58740 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ksg2G-0001SF-Vb for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 00:53:08 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:45772) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ksg2A-0001Rx-3J for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 00:53:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:45008) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ksg29-0003tJ-Ru for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 00:53:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ksg29-0006m3-QB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 00:53:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 05:53:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 45412 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 45412-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B45412.160887557126024 (code B ref 45412); Fri, 25 Dec 2020 05:53:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 45412) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Dec 2020 05:52:51 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56554 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ksg1z-0006lg-Er for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 00:52:51 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:35656) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ksg1x-0006lR-9E for 45412@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 00:52:50 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID :In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=ZyHVv0KDLil2Vb0hJH6oUhotVfbrIDocePP9zP8cvZI=; b=NKEFei3Jsaj5dHjbcDNxQejTep 9R8rV9ueJuVdFYZbBpeBamGGUj1pDmCh1tH28E4UipdjLrAnYtmjrGHysmE+tLe2Ce30MDSLu6UJf 6L3jrvokvS010ztUthFwJgk1tcuTQqJutpuynlbwwvg5B05WoQY6P8G2fo4UaHU+9oDM=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ksg1m-00075o-HI; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 06:52:43 +0100 X-Now-Playing: Kate & Anna McGarrigle's _Kate & Anna McGarrigle_: "Foolish You" In-Reply-To: ("Daniel =?UTF-8?Q?Mart=C3=ADn?="'s message of "Fri, 25 Dec 2020 02:00:45 +0100") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:196677 Archived-At: Daniel Mart=C3=ADn writes: > I think users would be confused about this option. Would it always open > the file regularly or literally? Yes, it's rife with confusion. > Instead, one possibility could be to offer a "!" option that would > always open big files non-literally in the current Emacs session. Its > implementation would basically open the large file and set > large-file-warning-threshold to nil. However, I foresee problems if > users accidentally press "!" in this prompt. Whether to open a large file (and how) is so situation-dependent that I think adding a "!" option here would be a disservice. > Another approach could be to offer a C-h binding that opens a help > window that describes the possible options and briefly links to the > customization entry point that removes the prompt permanently. Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. --=20 (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no