From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Large files Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 18:59:06 GMT Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1105469926 8023 80.91.229.6 (11 Jan 2005 18:58:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 18:58:46 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 11 19:58:21 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CoRDh-00055f-00 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 19:58:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CoRPG-0005yQ-04 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:10:18 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!charlie.risq.qc.ca!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:LbJEw/LU6aa+bRJ+pR3B++AY0oc= Original-Lines: 15 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.24.84 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca Original-X-Trace: charlie.risq.qc.ca 1105469946 132.204.24.84 (Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:59:06 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:59:06 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:127795 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:23270 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:23270 > Emacs 21.3.1 did not open a 150Mb text file in windows XP. Is there > are way to make emacs open larger files ? On 32bit systems, the maximum file size in Emacs-21.3 is 128MB. In Emacs-CVS, it's been pushed to 256MB. It can be fairly easily be pushed further to 512MB, tho the corresponding patch is not in Emacs-CVS. If that's not good enough: 1 - use a 64bit system (with an Emacs compiled accordingly). 2 - split your file into smaller chunks. 3 - use XEmacs whose max is 1GB. Stefan