Re: Fontifying foo.cc... buffer too big aborted

On Dec 17 2006, 11:42 am, Vin Shelton <a...(a)xemacs.org&gt; wrote: > "Alan M. Feldstein" <alan.feldst...(a)computer.org&gt; writes: > > > I lived with this problem for large files the whole time that I worked > > at IBM. Now the problem is back, after I built XEmacs on a new server > > at Cosmic Horizon. The fact that syntax highlighting works on the same > > large (7232 lines) C++ source file when opened using another instance > > of XEmacs running on a workstation at Cosmic Horizon, suggests that > > XEmacs might be configurable, but how? > > -- > > I think the variable you're looking for is: > > `font-lock-maximum-size' (buffer: *Hyper Apropos*, mode: Hyper-Apropos) > > Customizable user variable: > > value: 256000 > > *If non-nil, the maximum size for buffers for fontifying. > Only buffers less than this can be fontified when Font Lock mode is turned on. > If nil, means size is irrelevant. > If a list, each element should be a cons pair of the form (MAJOR-MODE . SIZE), > where MAJOR-MODE is a symbol or t (meaning the default). For example: > ((c++-mode . 256000) (c-mode . 256000) (rmail-mode . 1048576)) > means that the maximum size is 250K for buffers in `c++-mode' or `c-mode', one > megabyte for buffers in `rmail-mode', and size is irrelevant otherwise.

Vin, Thanks for this information. I wonder how you go about implementing that change? i.e. in which file, with what syntax...say for example with Fortran?