On 12/10/09 00:32, Linda W wrote:
>
> Under maxmem, it says:
>
> 'maxmemtot' 'mmt' number (default between 2048 and 10240 (system
> dependent) or half the amount of memory
> available)
> global
> {not in Vi}
> Maximum amount of memory (in Kbyte) to use for all buffers together.
> Maximum value 2000000. Use this to work without a limit. Also see
> 'maxmem'.
> ----
> 1 minor unclarity:
>
> 1) 2048-10240 Bytes is awfully small for today's systems...should this
> number be said to be in 'KB'? Maybe it should start defaulting to 'MB'
> (with appropriate default changes -- or allow 'units' to be specified?
> like MB/mb or tb/TB?
>
> 2) One minor (outdated) statement: "Maximum value=2000000" -- that doesn't
> apply to 64 bit machines. I'm logged in remotely to a linux box running
> gvim and 'maxmem' shows about 3x that amount.
>
>
> Subnote:
>
> Is this the correct place to report bugs, or is there a bug database
> I should file things in?
>
> tnx,
> -l
The actual default is *either* a system-dependent setting between 2048
(2Mbyte) and 10240 (10 Mbyte), *or* half what is available, *whichever
is larger*, up to 2 million or so (2GB) on 32-bit machines, possibly
even more'n that on 64-bit machines. My floortop computer has a 32-bit
CPU, 2 gig of memory, and gvim starts up with &mm == &mmt == 1010360 by
default. I don't feel any need to make it bigger. As Bram said, hey, do
you really need more than 2 gig for *a single instance of a single
plaintext editor* ?
I _have_ heard of files even huger than that, but in that case I suppose
they could be "cut out to small enough chunks" by some stream-editor
beforehand, and, if necessary, reassembled by cat (or similar)
afterwards. Doing search operations in a very large file becomes
measurably slow anyway. My largest editfile is a 33 megabyte *.txt (a
couple of orders of magnitude below that maximum), and I have time to
drink a (Moroccan-size) glass of tea between starting a relatively
simple search and finding the match.
Best regards,
Tony.
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