From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: maximum buffer size exceeded Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2007 22:24:46 +0300 Message-ID: References: <87ejhgdux0.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1188847518 6108 80.91.229.12 (3 Sep 2007 19:25:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 19:25:18 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 03 21:25:16 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ISHXn-0002Z9-F5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:25:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ISHXm-0003us-1s for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:25:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ISHXV-0003u2-TP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:24:49 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ISHXT-0003tl-Mx for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:24:48 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ISHXT-0003ti-GI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:24:47 -0400 Original-Received: from romy.inter.net.il ([213.8.233.24]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ISHXT-0007Oi-1k for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:24:47 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-46-112.inter.net.il [80.230.46.112]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id IUL83246 (AUTH halo1); Mon, 3 Sep 2007 22:24:35 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <87ejhgdux0.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> (message from Tim X on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:18:03 +1000) X-Detected-Kernel: FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.4) (2) 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:47163 Archived-At: > From: Tim X > Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:18:03 +1000 > > If your running on a 32 bit machine, I think your out of luck. You cannot > increase the maximum buffer size. Under Emacs, I *think* you are limited to > a maximum integer you can represent with 28 bits. 29 > If your on a 64 bit system, its the maximum you can represent with > 62 bits. 61 (It's the size of an int minus 3.)