Subject: bug#23087: emacs asks confirmation to open rather small files

From: Alexis <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 22:18:07 +1100

William <[email-masked]> writes:

> When opening files bigger than I think 20Mo, emacs asks for 
> confirmation. I guess it was important a long time ago, because 
> opening such files could use all memory and generate 
> freezes. But with today memory, I think the limit should be 
> modified to let's say 300Mo, or even bigger. 

Emacs versions 22.1 and later have the 
`large-file-warning-threshold' variable, available via the 
`find-file' customize-group.