From 0a768890bacef10b9eb806982244044c12392dd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:55:20 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] 2 GiB, not 4 GiB, for buffer sizes. --- etc/NEWS | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 6d6efa7c1ce..330ada4bf73 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ This is not a new feature; only the configure flag is new. --- ** There is a new configure option --with-wide-int. With it, Emacs integers typically have 62 bits, even on 32-bit machines. -On 32-bit hosts, this raises the limit on buffer sizes from 512 MiB to -a bit less than 4 GiB, with the exact limit set by the operating system. +On 32-bit hosts, this raises the limit on buffer sizes from about 512 MiB +to about 2 GiB. --- ** New translation of the Emacs Tutorial in Hebrew is available. -- 2.11.4.GIT