Subject: bug#2706: 23.0.91; error "Buffer exceeds maximum size"

From: Martin <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:47:18 +0100

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  ediff of text files containing contents of compilation buffers

  the text files are available by private mail from 'parozusa at web dot de'

  195500 03-17 09:01 templates-lese-fehler.txt
    3972 03-16 13:57 templates-keine-funktionale-aenderung.txt

  backtrace:  

  Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Buffer exceeds maximum size")
    call-process("diff" nil #<buffer *ediff-diff*> nil "u:/aemf/register-anbindung/templates-keine-funktionale-aenderung.txt" "u:/aemf/register-anbindung/templates-lese-fehler.txt")
    apply(call-process "diff" nil #<buffer *ediff-diff*> nil ("u:/aemf/register-anbindung/templates-keine-funktionale-aenderung.txt" "u:/aemf/register-anbindung/templates-lese-fehler.txt"))
    ediff-exec-process("diff" #<buffer *ediff-diff*> synchronize "--binary" "u:/aemf/register-anbindung/templates-keine-funktionale-aenderung.txt" "u:/aemf/register-anbindung/templates-lese-fehler.txt")
    ediff-make-diff2-buffer(#<buffer *ediff-diff*> "u:/aemf/register-anbindung/templates-keine-funktionale-aenderung.txt" "u:/aemf/register-anbindung/templates-lese-fehler.txt")
    ediff-setup-diff-regions("u:/aemf/register-anbindung/templates-keine-funktionale-aenderung.txt" "u:/aemf/register-anbindung/templates-lese-fehler.txt" nil)
    ediff-setup(#<buffer templates-keine-funktionale-aenderung.txt> "u:/aemf/register-anbindung/templates-keine-funktionale-aenderung.txt" #<buffer templates-lese-fehler.txt> "u:/aemf/register-anbindung/templates-lese-fehler.txt" nil nil nil ((ediff-job-name . ediff-files)) nil)
    ediff-files-internal("u:/aemf/register-anbindung/templates-keine-funktionale-aenderung.txt" "u:/aemf/register-anbindung/templates-lese-fehler.txt" nil nil ediff-files)
    ediff("u:/aemf/register-anbindung/templates-keine-funktionale-aenderung.txt" "u:/aemf/register-anbindung/templates-lese-fehler.txt")
    call-interactively(ediff t nil)
    execute-extended-command(nil)
    call-interactively(execute-extended-command nil nil)

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In GNU Emacs 23.0.91.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2009-02-27 on SOFT-MJASON
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4)'

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: DEU
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: cp1252
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Debugger

Minor modes in effect:
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  tool-bar-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
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
C-x d u : / a e m <tab> f / r e g <tab> <return> 1 
s t <return> <escape> < <down> <down> <down> f C-x 
b <return> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
f <escape> x <up> <escape> x e d i f <tab> <return> 
C-g C-x b <return> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> 
<options> <debug-on-error> <escape> x <up> <return> 
<return> t e m p l <tab> s - l <tab> <return> C-x h 
<escape> <escape> w <escape> x w r i t <tab> r e g 
<tab> <return> <up> <up> <up> C-a C-k u : / a e m f 
/ e m <tab> a <tab> - b a c h t r <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> k t r a c e . t x t <return> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu> 
<send-emacs-bug-report>

Recent messages:
goto-history-element: Beginning of history; no preceding item
Quit [2 times]
Debug on Error enabled globally
Reading file u:/aemf/register-anbindung/templates-keine-funktionale-aenderung.txt ... 
Reading file u:/aemf/register-anbindung/templates-lese-fehler.txt ... 
Computing differences between templates-keine-funktionale-aenderung.txt and templates-lese-fehler.txt ...
Entering debugger...
Mark set [2 times]
Making completion list...
Wrote u:/aemf/emacs-memory-exhausted-backtrace.txt