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How can I interrupt emacs opening a large file?
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Mar 15, 20261924 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Sporadically when I open a large file in emacs it will hang forever, except the GUI will remain responsive! I can move my mouse between frames and the cursor will fill in, hovering over files in dired mode still highlights them, etc. but clicking doesn't cause any action to actually be performed. I…
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I use the following hook to force Emacs to open large files in fundamental mode, read only, and without undo. This does speed up viewing large files as avoids any time spent during fontification. I've found this to be helpful behavior, and I can alw…
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