Re: Emacs freezes again when I try to open a file including only one very long line.

[Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 7:02 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> > From: Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
> > Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 10:36:55 +0800
> > Cc: help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 10:30 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
> > > > Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:51:23 +0800
> > > >
> > > > When I try to open the following file in Emacs, it freezes:
> > > >
> > > > $ wc  __tmp.symbols
> > > >      0      1 896217 __tmp.symbols
> > > >
> > > > The file mentioned above has been attached. Any hints for fixing this problem?
> > >
> > > Upgrade to Emacs 29?
> >
> > My version of Emacs:
> >
> > `M-x emacs-version RET`
> > GNU Emacs 29.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.20,
> > cairo version 1.16.0) of 2021-11-14
>
> That's too old.  You need a very recent version, and then set the
> variable max-redisplay-ticks to something like 250,000.

Thank you for your tip. I will try it when I have time.

Regards,
Hongsheng