From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Kangas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#37818: [PATCH] Various FAQ updates Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 14:58:53 +0200 Message-ID: References: <834l058d2a.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="000000000000fbc4170595430348" Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="246634"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 37818@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 19 15:02:45 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iLoNX-00120c-0G for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 15:02:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54402 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iLoNV-00067i-Pv for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 09:02:41 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:36057) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iLoKx-000486-LO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 09:00:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iLoKw-0005zn-Fs for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 09:00:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:43274) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iLoKw-0005zQ-Ba for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 09:00:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iLoKw-00051u-5h for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 09:00:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Kangas Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 13:00:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 37818 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 37818-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B37818.157148995319245 (code B ref 37818); Sat, 19 Oct 2019 13:00:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 37818) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Oct 2019 12:59:13 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52095 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iLoK9-00050L-Gd for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 08:59:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pl1-f182.google.com ([209.85.214.182]:38411) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iLoK7-000508-Ox for 37818@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 08:59:12 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-pl1-f182.google.com with SMTP id w8so4218294plq.5 for <37818@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 05:59:11 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=1lOg3arIogEb47v2Pwg5fV21NTTeXVjC6GfPABJDJ1M=; b=jma5jyseyAuN8CM5j51xo7SGuKUfB+kZ5mdIc1wVb19WaZN1C9ZEKA5e2Sp4HcGLVR QAydFHrMcg65OwRAdsNKoaQ7UxY06JQUErVLhvxiZrjlBCnG0rDt3stdMe6DbMhLyPHk AwtCTicTTeaDhklTN1PpI3QH8K0bqUICzp8qLtBP1jDjo+rSBa6Dal7G3bjWyPPoAYBB XrXSa22RaLCvSKW9nwDdCiVP+sdRJvhvgCbdsE0GOGT9rmN5huSxUCT6ZRT8j8Mwxad6 u3WVlLl7kpoRXpB/8np50qrUwjRl/2OlWwUUlfzmkvSCqIED2/zPEMEd6epF6G9t/okN iyvg== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXE3WHpXVQmLlPqO5efwuv5nhNIJR3Hgr0IAJLiibfqXzkl8W0U 8a203GDZ3lgUy25Qf8ndbEQ36RUjkuJKbSAh7niXpIMM X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyqbLgNWr0QR1zC/Qwk+3KJk2HVicda1LnjkXEIwC44LmM+1emg8bezd0oJuqbYJQOedt+k7DuoNyHQheErs3k= X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:a98c:: with SMTP id bh12mr4188072plb.128.1571489945715; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 05:59:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <834l058d2a.fsf@gnu.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:169739 Archived-At: --000000000000fbc4170595430348 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Eli Zaretskii writes: > > 1. Remove section on how to enable the default behaviour of having the > > region highlighted, which is probably not a frequently asked question. > > OK. Thanks, pushed to master as commit 11c3ec3df6a. > > 2. Remove information on large files in ancient versions of Emacs that > > would only confuse new users. This leaves in only the information on > > the relatively recent versions of Emacs. > > IMO, this section should first tell that Emacs has an inherent fixed > limitation on the size of buffers, as that is not something people > assume nowadays. It should cite the limitation separately for 32-bit > builds, 32-bit builds --with-wide-int, and 64-bit builds. Then it > should say that this limitation also imposes size limit on visiting > files, but the file-size limit is roughly about half the buffer limit, > due to decoding and other stuff. I would also mention visiting > compressed archives, because the size limitation might be hit half-way > through decompression. Thanks. I've attached a revised patch here according to your comments. I'm not sure what the file size limit is for --with-wide-int on 32-bit builds or 64-bit builds, so that still needs adding. Could someone please give the exact numbers or tell me where I can find them? 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