bug#3918: maximum buffer size exceed

bug#3918: maximum buffer size exceed

[Gunturu Murali Krishna]

Recent messages:
File TAGS is large (288MB), really open? (y or n) 
byte-code: Maximum buffer size exceeded
Making completion list...
call-interactively: Text is read-only
call-interactively: End of buffer [8 times]
Making completion list... [3 times]
call-interactively: Text is read-only
Quit
Making completion list... [2 times]
Loading emacsbug...done

How can I open large file in EMACS?

thanks
-M

bug#3918: maximum buffer size exceed

[Stefan Monnier]

tag 3918 wontfix
thanks

> Recent messages:
> File TAGS is large (288MB), really open? (y or n) 
> byte-code: Maximum buffer size exceeded
> Making completion list...
> call-interactively: Text is read-only
> call-interactively: End of buffer [8 times]
> Making completion list... [3 times]
> call-interactively: Text is read-only
> Quit
> Making completion list... [2 times]
> Loading emacsbug...done

> How can I open large file in EMACS?

IIRC, on a 64bit system, you can open files upto 2GB.
On 32bit systems, you're currently limited to 256MB only (it could be
pushed to 512MB with some changes to the C code), and going
significantly further is pretty difficult.


        Stefan

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bug#3918: maximum buffer size exceed

[Murali Krishna (gunkrish)]

Hi Stefan,

What and where need to change in C code, could you please tell me the
procedure how to do it?

Thanks
Murali 

-----Original Message-----
From: Stefan Monnier [mailto:monnier@iro.umontreal.ca] 
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 8:14 PM
To: Murali Krishna (gunkrish)
Cc: 3918@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: Re: bug#3918: maximum buffer size exceed

tag 3918 wontfix
thanks

> Recent messages:
> File TAGS is large (288MB), really open? (y or n)
> byte-code: Maximum buffer size exceeded Making completion list...
> call-interactively: Text is read-only
> call-interactively: End of buffer [8 times] Making completion list... 
> [3 times]
> call-interactively: Text is read-only
> Quit
> Making completion list... [2 times]
> Loading emacsbug...done

> How can I open large file in EMACS?

IIRC, on a 64bit system, you can open files upto 2GB.
On 32bit systems, you're currently limited to 256MB only (it could be
pushed to 512MB with some changes to the C code), and going
significantly further is pretty difficult.


        Stefan

bug#3918: maximum buffer size exceed

[Stefan Monnier]

> What and where need to change in C code, could you please tell me the
> procedure how to do it?

It's not terribly hard to do, but it's not trivial either.
I.e. I have it done here locally, but extracting the corresponding patch
from my heap of local changes would take a little while.


        Stefan

bug#3918: maximum buffer size exceed

[Glenn Morris]

Since Emacs 23.2, buffers on 32-bit systems can typically be up to 512MB.