From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: map-file-lines Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:41:41 -0500 Message-ID: References: <86wsc87o3c.fsf@lifelogs.com> <86skmw7ig6.fsf@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1233614520 1562 80.91.229.12 (2 Feb 2009 22:42:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 22:42:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Ted Zlatanov , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: joakim@verona.se Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 02 23:43:14 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LU7VW-0004nk-KY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:43:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56570 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LU7UD-0005dL-SM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:41:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LU7U9-0005aV-2U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:41:45 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LU7U6-0005Z2-NG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:41:43 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37333 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LU7U6-0005Yv-De for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:41:42 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:37929) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LU7U6-0007N6-5r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:41:42 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgMFAMYFh0nO+IQk/2dsb2JhbACBbssihBQGgmw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.37,367,1231131600"; d="scan'208";a="33229027" Original-Received: from 206-248-132-36.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([206.248.132.36]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 02 Feb 2009 17:41:41 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 5EF8F8229; Mon, 2 Feb 2009 17:41:41 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (joakim@verona.se's message of "Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:52:20 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:108645 Archived-At: > I would like to add my voice in requesting "large file" capability in > Emacs. I wanted it many times over the years, but always coped-out into > some other editor for this. > A common example is hex-editing a large binary file, or finding some > text in some enourmous log-file. I don't se how such a "line-at-a-time" or "chunk-at-a-time" processing (i.e. stream processing) will enable Emacs to let you conveniently edit a large binary file. Stefan