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(Visiting): Document that files larger than the buffer size limit cannot

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Eli Zaretskii 2001-05-18 10:28:49 +00:00
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@ -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