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 21:55:57 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 1105480425 9841 80.91.229.6 (11 Jan 2005 21:53:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:53:45 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 11 22:53:32 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 1CoTxE-0004de-00 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 22:53:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CoU8n-0003Ze-9n for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:05:29 -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: sha1:8dlDpEpUiEW73uMWzbOTEl+EMcM= Original-Lines: 10 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.24.84 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca Original-X-Trace: charlie.risq.qc.ca 1105480557 132.204.24.84 (Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:55:57 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:55:57 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:127804 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:23281 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:23281 >> On 32bit systems, the maximum file size in Emacs-21.3 is 128MB. > how about disk file editing? Emacs does not know how to do that. Someone could try to write an elisp package that does it somewhat transparently, but clearly, the needed hasn't ben strong enough for anyone to sit down and actually do it. Stefan