changeset 37793:ec57e2733712

(Visiting): Document that files larger than the buffer size limit cannot be visited.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Fri, 18 May 2001 10:28:49 +0000
parents 96f0fed8e431
children 7a3c8aa0ba51
files man/files.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/man/files.texi	Fri May 18 07:13:47 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/files.texi	Fri May 18 10:28:49 2001 +0000
@@ -213,6 +213,12 @@
 since you visited or saved it last.  If the file has changed, a warning
 message is printed.  @xref{Interlocking,,Simultaneous Editing}.
 
+@cindex maximum buffer size exceeded, error message
+  Since Emacs reads the visited file in its entirety, files whose size
+is larger than the maximum Emacs buffer size (@pxref{Buffers}) cannot be
+visited; if you try, Emacs will print an error message saying that the
+maximum buffer size is exceeded.
+
 @cindex creating files
   What if you want to create a new file?  Just visit it.  Emacs prints
 @samp{(New file)} in the echo area, but in other respects behaves as if