Re: Overflow file configuration?

[urqurw@xxxxxxxx (Russ W. Urquhart)]

> > You can also fiddle
> > with your EMS parameters in your config.sys. I think you have to set EMS
> > equal to something on the order of 2048 or something of that sort.
>
> Nah. EMS is just for spelling and some overlays, e.g. in Ibid. This overflow
> file is disk-based. But it still has to be read in and out of memory, and it can
> only grow so large.
>
> > I think it's highly doubtful that we'll ever see a fix for this acknowledged
> > bug.
>
> Why is that a bug? It's just the limit. The maximum memory space Xy can handle.
> A known quantity & behavior. We take it or we leave it.
>
Was it ever considered, for large files, to load a portion into memory and working on that. I know
that you'll
take a performance hit for large files, IMO an acceptable situation, but still maintain the ability
to edit them.
Or was it thought that we would probably never edit files that big?


Thanks


Russ