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From: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
To: Tom <adatgyujto@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Handling large files with Emacs
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:21:32 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87objsou57.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20121024T113555-75@post.gmane.org> (Tom's message of "Wed,  24 Oct 2012 09:40:18 +0000 (UTC)")

Tom <adatgyujto@gmail.com> writes:

> Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> 
>> Have you experimented with `font-lock-maximum-size' together with
>> `font-lock-support-mode'?
>> 
>> ,----[ C-h v font-lock-maximum-size RET ]
>> | font-lock-maximum-size is a variable defined in `font-lock.el'.
>> | Its value is 256000
>> | 
>> |   This variable is obsolete since 24.1.
>> | 
>
> BTW, why is it obsolete? Does it mean it's unnecessary and the 
> size of the buffer should not be a problem?
>
> I have this default setting like above and font lock is turned
> on in big buffers nevertheless.

Read the docstring again.  Kicks in only for specific settings of
`font-lock-support-mode'.  (I was confused as well, before I looked at
re-read the docstring.)

I am just another user.  There is no overhead to experimenting with
other settings and seeing whether there are differences in the
behaviour.
-- 



  reply	other threads:[~2012-10-24 13:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-23 19:33 Handling large files with Emacs Fab
2012-10-23 19:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found] ` <mailman.11564.1351021951.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-10-23 20:09   ` Fab
2012-10-23 20:40     ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-10-24  7:52       ` Tom
2012-10-24  9:22         ` Jambunathan K
2012-10-24  9:34           ` Tom
2012-10-24 18:16             ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-10-24  9:40           ` Tom
2012-10-24 13:51             ` Jambunathan K [this message]
2012-10-24 18:16             ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-10-24 19:09               ` Tom
2012-10-24 20:12                 ` Ludwig, Mark
     [not found]               ` <mailman.11635.1351105779.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-10-24 19:47                 ` Stefan Monnier
     [not found]     ` <mailman.11568.1351024821.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-10-23 20:49       ` Fab
2012-10-24 15:29 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-10-24 17:19   ` Fab
2012-10-24 19:32     ` Stefan Monnier
2012-10-24 20:19     ` Drew Adams

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