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From: Garry A Schumacher, Garry Schuma...
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 16:13
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 16:13
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Is there a limit on the size of file that can be edited with Epoch? I am running Epoch 3.2.3 and it appears to have a file size limit of about 5 megabytes. Files larger than that cause "Segmentation fault epoch yaa (core dumped)" crashes when the auto-completion feature is used. For example: I brought up epoch with the commmand epoch zaa. I did an ESC x inse<SP> key sequence to try to auto-complete the insert-file command. It split the window and brought up a list of possible completions. I inserted a file called zab and tried the sequence again. It still worked properly. Each file was about 1.8 megabytes. After the third file was inserted an attempt to get auto-completion on the insert-file command, resulted in the Segmentation fault message. An attempt to visit a 21 megabyte file resulted in the Segmentation fault before the load of the file was completed. An attempt to visit a 38 megabyte file resulted in a Bus error (core dumped) message. Are there configuration options that can be set to change this upper limit? Do newer versions have a different limit? The 21 MB and 38 MB test also failed on my version 18.55.17 of GNU Emacs. Is this limit documented anywhere? Is it affected by the size of memory on the machine? Can anyone shed any light this problem. Thanks in advance, Garry Schumacher garry@garnet.arh.cdc.com
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Newsgroups: gnu.epoch.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!kithrup!hoptoad!pacbell.com!sgiblab!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!garnet.arh.cdc.com!garry From: garry@garnet.arh.cdc.com (Garry A Schumacher, Garry Schumacher x3185) Subject: File size limits. Message-ID: <9210291613.AA10910@garnet.arh.cdc.com> Sender: daemon@cis.ohio-state.edu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Distribution: gnu Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 16:13:07 GMT Lines: 34