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Article #99571Re: Emacs and large files
From: Robert Krawitz
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 1990 01:35
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 1990 01:35
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In article <9007111909.AA24976@m2.csc.ti.com>, ramey@m2 (Joe Ramey) writes: ]If I decrease the size of the file slightly, it appears to work okay. ]The breaking point seems to be around 8386700 bytes. The sticking point is 2^23, whatever that is offhand (that's close enough). You can raise this by a factor of 4 by changing VALBITS and GCTYPEBITS from 24 to 26 (for VALBITS) and from 7 to 5 (for GCTYPEBITS). This increases the size of a usable word 24 to 26 bits (signed). Of course, the real annoyance is that emacs uses such short ints rather than the full 32 bits. Control-meta-sigh... -- ames >>>>>>>>> | Robert Krawitz <rlk@think.com> 245 First St. bloom-beacon > |think!rlk (assistant postmaster) Cambridge, MA 02142 harvard >>>>>> . Thinking Machines Corp. (617)876-1111
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb2f1,bf704c51e28500c0 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb2f1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-07-13 18:35:51 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!dino!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think!think.com From: rlk@think.com (Robert Krawitz) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Subject: Re: Emacs and large files Message-ID: <40633@think.Think.COM> Date: 14 Jul 90 01:35:51 GMT References: <9007111909.AA24976@m2.csc.ti.com> Sender: news@Think.COM Reply-To: rlk@think.com (Robert Krawitz) Distribution: gnu Organization: Thinking Machines Corp., Cambridge MA Lines: 17 Posted: Sat Jul 14 02:35:51 1990 In-reply-to: ramey@m2.csc.ti.com (Joe Ramey)