From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: help editing huge files in emacs
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:50:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <uy7z9nvd3.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87hd605jlx.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org> (message from Stefan Monnier on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 01:09:11 -0500)
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 01:09:11 -0500
>
> > How can I edit a selected number of lines in a 4GB file in Emacs
> > without open the whole file? Is it possible?
>
> `insert-file-contents' takes two integer parameters BEG and END to allow
> getting only part of a file into a buffer. The corresponding `write-region'
> takes an APPEND parameter which can be an integer indicating at which
> position in the file the text should be written.
??? But aren't those parameters limited to EMACS_INT max values,
i.e. to the same number of less-than-32 bits that limits the maximum
size of an Emacs buffer? Or am I missing something?
If I'm right, then editing of a 4GB file using your suggestions is
possible only in a 64-bit build of Emacs.
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2006-03-15 6:09 ` help editing huge files in emacs Stefan Monnier
2006-03-15 16:16 ` Mathias Dahl
2006-03-17 11:50 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.9.1142596212.3794.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-03-21 16:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2006-03-14 19:10 Jesús Velazquez
2006-03-15 16:03 ` Kevin Rodgers
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