Mercurial > emacs
changeset 37794:7a3c8aa0ba51
(Buffers): Document the maximum buffer size.
| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
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| date | Fri, 18 May 2001 10:39:04 +0000 |
| parents | ec57e2733712 |
| children | 08366ff04171 |
| files | man/buffers.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/buffers.texi Fri May 18 10:28:49 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/buffers.texi Fri May 18 10:39:04 2001 +0000 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @c This is part of the Emacs manual. -@c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 97, 2000 +@c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 97, 2000, 2001 @c Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. @node Buffers, Windows, Files, Top @@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ particular buffer, meaning its value in that buffer can be different from the value in other buffers. @xref{Locals}. +@cindex buffer size, maximum + A buffer's size cannot be larger than some maximum, which is defined +by largest buffer position representable by the @dfn{Emacs integer} data +type. This is because Emacs tracks buffer positions using that data +type. For 32-bit machines, the largest buffer size is 128 megabytes. + @menu * Select Buffer:: Creating a new buffer or reselecting an old one. * List Buffers:: Getting a list of buffers that exist.