From 9f2848e49bb43ae1b2b86407c14ade7787760478 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 10:28:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Visiting): Document that files larger than the buffer size limit cannot be visited. --- man/files.texi | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/files.texi b/man/files.texi index 9ff292839e2..24021e64e8b 100644 --- a/man/files.texi +++ b/man/files.texi @@ -213,6 +213,12 @@ However, before doing so, it checks that the file itself has not changed 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 -- 2.39.5