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Re: editing large files
From: |
Tim X |
Subject: |
Re: editing large files |
Date: |
22 Oct 2005 19:28:40 +1000 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 |
Sebastian Luque <spluque@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I need to edit some relatively large files (~ 200 Mb), so I'm exceeding
> the maximum buffer size allowed by my Emacs (GNU Emacs 21.4.1
> (i486-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2005-10-02 on
> trouble, modified by Debian). Searching for solutions it seems that the
> only way to do this would be to use a 64-bit machine and Emacs. Is this
> correct? What alternatives are people using on a 32-bit machine?
>
>
For large files, I usually just split them up, do my editing and then
join them back together again. If the changes I need to make are
repetitive or fairly easily specified in a programatic fashion, I just
use sed.
Tim
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