Re: Intelligently opening large files in emacs

[Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>]

You are looking for vlf.el.  See http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/.

Install it via

    M-x list-packages


Dushyant Juneja <juneja.dushyant@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I'm relatively new to emacs, but am pretty fascinated by its features. One
> pain point is that it is rather slow in opening large data files bound to
> specific modes. I generally observe it for circuit mode files (files
> utilizing verilog-mode, spice-mode and spectre-mode). Is there a
> possibility to help this?
>
> I find that M-x ffap-literally is rather fast, so can the following be done
> somehow:
>
> If file is larger than default warning limit, open it literally.
> Else open it with usual mode bindings.
>
> Also, please share as to how may I modify the default size limit.
>
> Regards,
> Dushyant Juneja