From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luke Hassell Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Large File Support Question Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 16:53:19 -0500 (CDT) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1053467357 25449 80.91.224.249 (20 May 2003 21:49:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 21:49:17 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 20 23:49:16 2003 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 19IEyL-0006XY-00 for ; Tue, 20 May 2003 23:48:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19IExP-00086w-Va for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 May 2003 17:47:39 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19IEx0-00082U-0d for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 May 2003 17:47:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19IEvi-0007id-ES for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 May 2003 17:45:55 -0400 Original-Received: from ms-smtp-01.texas.rr.com ([24.93.36.229]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19IEvg-0007cC-Qh for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 May 2003 17:45:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.168.1.51] (cs6625193-8.austin.rr.com [66.25.193.8]) h4KLjo8c014936 for ; Tue, 20 May 2003 16:45:50 -0500 (CDT) X-X-Sender: lukeh@linux24.austin.rr.com Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:9946 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:9946 Hello, Has anyone every opened a large file in emacs compiled as a 64 bit executable? By large, I mean 1-2 GB in size. Personally, I would never open a 1-2 GB file in a text editor, but I support people who have a need to do so (EDA tool output). They often lament that this must be done in vi. I have examined the information in the FAQ and in etc/MACHINES and have had no success opening files larger than 512MB. My target platform is Solaris 8, sparc. Emacs 21.3 compiles and installs perfectly using the Sun WS Pro compilers, as 64bit executables. If anyone has had any success opening large files with Emacs, I would really appreciate some pointers. Thanks, Luke ==== Luke Hassell Public Key available at: http://www.keyserver.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x8C85ABD7