From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matthieu Moy Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Maximum buffer size exceeded Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 07:50:55 +0200 Organization: IMAG Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org 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 1083737194 29723 80.91.224.253 (5 May 2004 06:06:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 06:06:34 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 05 08:06:26 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BLFY2-0006Cq-00 for ; Wed, 05 May 2004 08:06:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BLFTP-0000Y8-8v for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 May 2004 02:01:39 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!nnx.oleane.net!oleane!in2p3.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!news.ens-lyon.fr!news.imag.fr!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 21 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: ecrins.imag.fr Original-X-Trace: trompette.imag.fr 1083736255 32682 129.88.43.124 (5 May 2004 05:50:55 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@imag.fr Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 05:50:55 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:N5l2LzGXZYPPxxMTxHb5G+YgFAQ= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:122972 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:18259 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:18259 Harish Narayanan writes: > Hello all. Hello, > I've been trying to open a large file (208 MB) but I receive the error > "Maximum buffer size exceeded" and Emacs fails to open the file. This is because cursor position are stored in a lisp pointer, which is coded on a bit less than 32 bits. Anyway, a 208 MB file in Emacs would require a *really* big amount of RAM. So, you have two options in addition to what has already been suggested: Use a 64bits machine with a lot of RAM, or use another editor for this specific task. -- Matthieu