From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: "maximum buffer size exceeded" error Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 00:50:28 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v623) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1127863713 24147 80.91.229.2 (27 Sep 2005 23:28:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 23:28:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 28 01:28:30 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EKOqs-0004xh-Ru for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Sep 2005 01:27:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EKOqs-0004j7-5a for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 19:27:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EKOgK-0008OH-CK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 19:16:16 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EKOgH-0008Na-Qd for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 19:16:15 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EKOcv-0006yN-IA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 19:12:45 -0400 Original-Received: from [217.72.192.225] (helo=smtp07.web.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.34) id 1EKOHR-000750-OZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:50:34 -0400 Original-Received: from [84.245.189.143] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp07.web.de with asmtp (WEB.DE 4.105 #317) id 1EKOHP-0002J3-00; Wed, 28 Sep 2005 00:50:32 +0200 In-Reply-To: X-Image-Url: http://homepage.mac.com/sparifankal/.cv/thumbs/me.thumbnail Original-To: "Dan Simon" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.623) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:29771 Archived-At: Am 27.09.2005 um 23:58 schrieb Dan Simon: > > Hi All, > I am trying to work on text files in excess of 180 Mb. =A0When I try = to=20 > open the file I get the above response (in quotes). > > Is there a way to set the maximum buffer size so that I can open these=20= > bigger files? I think not yet. The problem is that the file is accessed in Lisp. The=20= Lisp pointers are too short, less than 32 bits, 28 bits, which=20 corresponds to 256 MB. Could be it's better in GNU Emacs 22 (from CVS)=20= or in Unicode Emacs 23. -- Greetings Pete Without vi there is only GNU Emacs