GNU bug report logs - #69519
1gb file too big for Emacs to handle?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Robert Boyer <robertstephenboyer <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2024 04:41:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Robert Boyer <robertstephenboyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Bruno Barbier <brubar.cs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 69519 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#69519: 1gb file too big for Emacs to handle?
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2024 09:33:21 -0600
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> Using GNU Emacs 29.2 (emacs -Q), opening it literally when asked, then
> moving to the end (M->) is instantaneous for me.

Hurray for you heroes.  I look forward to 29.2

Thank you,

Bob


On Wed, Mar 6, 2024 at 2:48 AM Bruno Barbier <brubar.cs <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
> >
> > I cannot afford downloading such a huge file, sorry.  Maybe someone
> > else can.
>
> I downloaded the file (it requires to execute some Javascript from
> Google Inc. to get to the real link).
>
> The file extension is ".txt.lisp"; it contains 3 lines, and is about
> 950MB.  The whole content is on the second lines, the 2 other ones being
> only a few char long.
>
> Using GNU Emacs 29.2 (emacs -Q), opening it literally when asked, then
> moving to the end (M->) is instantaneous for me.
>
> Hoping this help,
>
> Bruno
>
>
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