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* maximum buffer size exceeded
@ 2007-09-02  6:44 Daniel C. Bastos
  2007-09-02 11:59 ` Emilio Lopes
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From: Daniel C. Bastos @ 2007-09-02  6:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs

I'm dealing with an INBOX of size 252 MiB and I expect it to double on
my next mail downloads. I use VM under the GNU emacs. How can I increase
the buffer?

Ideally, I would finish my downloading; my mailbox will be about 530 MiB
and then I will compress it and save it as a backup. And then I can
delete mail. Any help?

On 

http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Buffers.html#index-buffer-size_002c-maximum-1081

I read bad news: ``buffer's size cannot be larger than some maximum,
which is defined by the largest buffer position representable by the
Emacs integer data type. This is because Emacs tracks buffer positions
using that data type. For 32-bit machines, the largest buffer size is
256 megabytes.''

That's pretty much how large my INBOX is. Just thought of asking some
opinions. I suppose I will just have save my mail in three INBOXes. 

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* Maximum buffer size exceeded
@ 2004-05-05  0:52 Harish Narayanan
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 42+ messages in thread
From: Harish Narayanan @ 2004-05-05  0:52 UTC (permalink / raw)


Hello all.

I've been trying to open a large file (208 MB) but I receive the error 
"Maximum buffer size exceeded" and Emacs fails to open the file. This is 
Emacs 21.2.1 on a Redhat GNU/Linux 9 box.

I tried searching in the archives, and noticed this has been asked 
before, but the responses don't seem encouraging. Is there a way of 
working around this that's arisen in the recent past?

Thanks.
Harish

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2007-09-02 21:39   ` Daniel C. Bastos
2007-09-03  8:18     ` Tim X
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2007-09-05 12:37             ` Kim F. Storm
2007-09-05 15:00               ` Stefan Monnier
2007-09-05 15:14                 ` Jason Rumney
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