Re: C-h f now permanently loads ~2MB

[Kim F. Storm]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>       One possibility is to replace the
> 
>           defined in `src/foo.c'
>     by
>           defined in `C source code'
> 
>     so we'd only load the 2MB buffer when the user clicks on the hyperlink
>     rather than when she does the C-h f.
> 
> I think that would be a big improvement.  This buffer would not be
> loaded except when someone really uses it to look at the C source.  I
> think that is sufficient to reduce the problem to an acceptable level.
> 
> Could you make that change?

It could write "C source code" as long as the file is not loaded; 
once the file is loaded, it could write "src/foo.c".

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Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk