From unknown Sun Jun 15 08:35:10 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#23087 <23087@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#23087 <23087@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: emacs asks confirmation to open rather small files Reply-To: bug#23087 <23087@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2025 15:35:10 +0000 retitle 23087 emacs asks confirmation to open rather small files reassign 23087 emacs submitter 23087 William severity 23087 wishlist thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Mar 22 06:54:34 2016 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Mar 2016 10:54:34 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57751 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1aiJxK-0003h2-GV for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 22 Mar 2016 06:54:34 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:37966) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1aiJxJ-0003gq-6s for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 22 Mar 2016 06:54:33 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aiJxC-0007TJ-SM for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 22 Mar 2016 06:54:28 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: *** X-Spam-Status: No, score=3.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50, RECEIVED_FROM_WINDOWS_HOST autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:44868) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aiJxC-0007TE-P6 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 22 Mar 2016 06:54:26 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57155) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aiJxB-0005Xt-91 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Mar 2016 06:54:26 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aiJx8-0007RU-02 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Mar 2016 06:54:25 -0400 Received: from smtp2-g21.free.fr ([212.27.42.2]:9748) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aiJx7-0007R9-Mi for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Mar 2016 06:54:21 -0400 Received: from [172.16.79.17] (unknown [143.196.127.2]) (Authenticated sender: r.3) by smtp2-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0F4D64B01AC for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2016 11:49:50 +0100 (CET) To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org From: William Subject: emacs asks confirmation to open rather small files Message-ID: <56F1245B.3090407@libertysurf.fr> Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 11:54:19 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Icedove/38.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Windows NT kernel [generic] [fuzzy] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) Hello, 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. Best regards In GNU Emacs 24.4.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.14.5) of 2015-03-07 on trouble, modified by Debian Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11604000 System Description: Debian GNU/Linux 8.3 (jessie) Configured using: `configure --build x86_64-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr --sharedstatedir=/var/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --localstatedir=/var/lib --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-pop=yes --enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs24:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/24.4/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/24.4/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp --build x86_64-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr --sharedstatedir=/var/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --localstatedir=/var/lib --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-pop=yes --enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs24:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/24.4/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/24.4/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp --with-x=yes --with-x-toolkit=gtk3 --with-toolkit-scroll-bars 'CFLAGS=-g -O2 -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wall' CPPFLAGS=-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 LDFLAGS=-Wl,-z,relro' Important settings: value of $LANG: fr_FR.UTF-8 locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix Major mode: Fundamental Minor modes in effect: show-paren-mode: t tooltip-mode: t electric-indent-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Recent input: y x r e p o r x r e p o r Recent messages: Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50psvn.el (source)...done Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50python-docutils.el (source)...done *** Reading .emacs *** Loading /p/opas/src/Ocaml/opam-v1.2b/4.02.3/share/emacs/site-lisp/tuareg-site-file.el (source)...done Loading paren...done For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. File log_merge is large (43.8M), really open? (y or n) y Making completion list... Quit Making completion list... 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[124.168.216.210]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id fw9sm47688229pac.21.2016.03.22.04.18.12 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 22 Mar 2016 04:18:13 -0700 (PDT) References: <56F1245B.3090407@libertysurf.fr> User-agent: mu4e 0.9.16; emacs 24.5.3 From: Alexis To: William Subject: Re: bug#23087: emacs asks confirmation to open rather small files In-reply-to: <56F1245B.3090407@libertysurf.fr> Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 22:18:07 +1100 Message-ID: <87k2kuu5g0.fsf@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 23087 Cc: 23087@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) William 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. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Apr 12 07:56:47 2016 Received: (at 23087-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Apr 2016 11:56:47 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60087 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1apww3-0002zB-0H for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2016 07:56:47 -0400 Received: from mail-pf0-f181.google.com ([209.85.192.181]:35415) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1apww0-0002yx-Mm for 23087-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2016 07:56:45 -0400 Received: by mail-pf0-f181.google.com with SMTP id n1so12724501pfn.2 for <23087-done@debbugs.gnu.org>; Tue, 12 Apr 2016 04:56:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=user-agent:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=lLX3roKKKCTuAcfNoQJYzB3MWFTlQSuT1FIguCmUFOc=; b=no5bNtkeX3LIH4wBIeKbfyc0iJQkQP5tMQ2NFeNgOyLTVo5cMY5WSoGhxQjvbvXEWR HNV8B+CDiThN1WLgmesg/Cn9E/xEye+IMfQQmnWwW2a6bt58HSmjtAnZkR/MN1wlIJOY tI6H1/oVZCtrq67FzxRfIt3pXUKzCzniR1LTTnxY1C0YS2nmp+1qXAiFHS8NrkPnxKRo I2lIVfGUa9uG9DIxJqWyuLPcnzQMjQpPvw1UEo/xvovmpXWa5I8GpoDD2em4raFeul3M p3YyVmbvJvETZ+hgab+2i6USX94legcPvWF3OevPhMpjsNyVRpRpKIE6WvYpmsPNlI6E +GgA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:user-agent:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :mime-version; bh=lLX3roKKKCTuAcfNoQJYzB3MWFTlQSuT1FIguCmUFOc=; b=Q/sukx9uUJzdG5lGJxrM+6RqLO83ffZW/6Rpxci9tfeaL6GgIBDOmHwxcsEZ9ys9lD whBP/lZJ4xT7fWzC0nxq311d+9vBh923E/5L3auCDfRIWvjsBDExyNPKBMkqgtBL2V60 IexVTKaXzYSBQ1VHNEZ6gdX9zNMXcPfydAFM+8+HV342T04KYo8SOoa6WHztlYaoxnpj ey+FOdabQ7gtajfFUf0MQz4sasecRxzYZceIpQihSgoKJ+PiE6eOmdHzncyqQVnCBu3w MxFiiQN7tpFOHRJ5FaqrPQesTep5Xhm1jCukU7GKFR6Gu+J991SzOEvi3KaPG/BxpF4X EVCA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOPr4FVhhTBMdujd8Yun3UaCCAG1xzRQM0nDFj90Ri8QcUvqjQydduG1CxsEJHLkm0v+7g== X-Received: by 10.98.1.69 with SMTP id 66mr4150206pfb.10.1460462198859; Tue, 12 Apr 2016 04:56:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (124-168-216-210.dyn.iinet.net.au. [124.168.216.210]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id p85sm43213765pfj.16.2016.04.12.04.56.36 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 12 Apr 2016 04:56:37 -0700 (PDT) User-agent: mu4e 0.9.16; emacs 24.5.3 From: Alexis To: 23087-done@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#23087: emacs asks confirmation to open rather small files Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 21:56:33 +1000 Message-ID: <87r3ebniq6.fsf@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 23087-done Cc: William X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) i just noticed that two of the OP's responses, and my own subsequent response to one of those, were only sent privately. With the permission of the OP, i here reproduce these responses as support for closing this bug. William writes: > Thanks for the information. > > Maybe it would be interesting to change the default behaviour > for all people who ignore the option ? Alexis writes: > William writes: > >> Thanks for the information. > > You're welcome. :-) > >> Maybe it would be interesting to change the default behaviour >> for all people who ignore the option ? > > Mm, i think it's best to leave it at the current size, for two > reasons: > > * Emacs is used in a wide variety of situations; not everyone is > in a situation where they're running Emacs on a machine with > multiple gigs of memory. i would suggest it's less > inconvenient for someone to have to say "y" to opening a > large file than for someone to have the 256M machine on which > they're working hosed by a 300M log file that was opened > without confirmation. > > * Which value should be chosen is likely to result in > bikeshedding, since different people with different > experiences will have different ideas about what value is > 'reasonable'. > > So unless others feel a strong need to revisit the default > value, i recommend closing this bug. William writes: > ok fine, thanks Now closing this bug. From unknown Sun Jun 15 08:35:10 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 11:24:04 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator