rzh@lll-lcc.UUCP (Roger Hanscom) (03/28/89)
If I can add my $0.02 to the emacs discussion here...one thing to
watch for is that one version of 80xx emacs will handle files of
any size (microEMACS??) and one seems to have a 64k limit (Freemacs??)
.....I might have the names reversed!! Me, I'll take the no-size-
limit version any day (even if it isn't full-featured).
Roger rzh@lll-lcc.llnl.gov
ucbvax!lll-lcc!rzhbobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante) (03/28/89)
I don't know about freemacs or other variants, but microemacs as maintained by Dan Lawrence (v3.10 just announced) has free-real-memory as its filesize limit. In one experiment (repeatedly reinserting the delete buffer), when it finally ran out of memory it crashed and burned rather than terminating gracefully. (This might be due to my own code hacking, and applies to an older version, v3.9e.) I can generally hit around 300K for all buffers, depending on TSR load etc.
davidsen@steinmetz.ge.com (Wm. E. Davidsen Jr) (03/30/89)
In article <2382@lll-lcc.UUCP> rzh@lll-lcc.UUCP (Roger Hanscom) writes: | If I can add my $0.02 to the emacs discussion here...one thing to | watch for is that one version of 80xx emacs will handle files of | any size (microEMACS??) and one seems to have a 64k limit (Freemacs??) | .....I might have the names reversed!! Me, I'll take the no-size- | limit version any day (even if it isn't full-featured). I don't know of *any* version which has no limit. MicroEMACS, at least up to v3.9p, keeps the file in memory and will run out on large files. On real computers and operating system it will handle multi-megabyte files. -- bill davidsen (wedu@crd.GE.COM) {uunet | philabs}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me
las) (03/31/89)
In article <13491@steinmetz.ge.com> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes: >In article <2382@lll-lcc.UUCP> rzh@lll-lcc.UUCP (Roger Hanscom) writes: >| If I can add my $0.02 to the emacs discussion here...one thing to >| watch for is that one version of 80xx emacs will handle files of >| any size (microEMACS??) and one seems to have a 64k limit (Freemacs??) > I don't know of *any* version which has no limit. MicroEMACS, at least >up to v3.9p, keeps the file in memory and will run out on large files. I just got the Jove 4.12 sources. The accompanying readme's state that different versions may be generated from the source for the PC, depending on your requirements. "Large" versions use all available memory and an indefinitely large temporary file. It claims to be able to edit a file of 20,000 to 25,000 lines on a 640KB PC with enough disk space to hold the temporary file. A "medium" version is also possible which limits itself to 130KB of RAM and a temporary file of 512KB with the ability to edit a file of 4,500 to 5,000 lines. I have to get Turbo C patches from somebody else listed in the documentation before I can even try it. regards, Larry -- Signed: Larry A. Shurr (att!cbnews!cbema!las or osu-cis!apr!las) Clever signature, Wonderful wit, Outdo the others, Be a big hit! - Burma Shave (With apologies to the real thing. The above represents my views only.)