From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eli Zaretskii" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: visiting large zip file Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2003 23:17:57 +0200 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <2593-Sat01Feb2003231756+0200-eliz@is.elta.co.il> References: <7ivg04kf6z.fsf@neoscale.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1044134467 23790 80.91.224.249 (1 Feb 2003 21:21:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 21:21:07 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18f54T-0006BW-00 for ; Sat, 01 Feb 2003 22:21:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18f54u-0005Kg-02 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2003 16:21:33 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18f541-0004Ee-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2003 16:20:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18f53x-00048Y-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2003 16:20:34 -0500 Original-Received: from balder.inter.net.il ([192.114.186.15]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18f53t-0003uF-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2003 16:20:29 -0500 Original-Received: from zaretsky ([80.230.234.20]) by balder.inter.net.il (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.2.2-GA) with ESMTP id CCY08418; Sat, 1 Feb 2003 23:20:26 +0200 (IST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailer: emacs 21.3.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 1.8.9 In-reply-to: <7ivg04kf6z.fsf@neoscale.com> (message from Kin Cho on 31 Jan 2003 16:38:44 -0800) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:6206 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:6206 > From: Kin Cho > Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help > Date: 31 Jan 2003 16:38:44 -0800 > > Visiting a large zip file to list the contents of the zip file > doesn't work if the zip file size exceeds the emacs buffer size > limit. > > Obviously this is not the way it should work since the zip file > content doesn't need to be read into the buffer. Actually, the Emacs mode that supports operations on *.zip files _does_ read the whole zip file into a buffer; hence the problem.