Re: no syntax color for big files

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>>>>> "Alexander" == Alexander Beck-Ratzka <[email protected]> writes:

> >>>>> "Rishikesh" == Rishikesh Vaidya <[email protected]> writes:
>
>     Rishikesh> I have noticed that whenever I open a large file, for
>     Rishikesh> instance a fortran file of more than 10,000 lines in
>     Rishikesh> xemacs it shows in plain black and white.
>
> Large files often take a long time to fontify, so there's an upper
> limit on size.  Customize `font-lock-maximum-size'.

    Alexander> where and how can I customize it. Is the
    Alexander> font-lock-maximum-size given in Bytes, or what else?

M-x customize-variable RET font-lock-maximum-size RET

The size is given in characters (which may be multibyte in Mule).


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