query for large object display

[Rodney Sparapani]

Ben:

That must be the problem.  Apparently, ESS is accessing these files by some 
other means than find-file.  

Rodney

>Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 11:46:44 -0500 (EST)
>From: Ben Shoemaker <shoemake at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov>
>X-X-Sender: shoemake at scarecrow
>To: Rodney Sparapani <rsparapa at post.its.mcw.edu>
>cc: ess-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
>Subject: Re: query for large object display
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>
>Rodney,
>
>Not necessarily.  These are S objects residing in .Data/ that could've
>been read from file or created from other S objects.  If I start an S
>session, I don't need to open any files if I have a large object already
>in my .Data/.  Then if I (accidentally) type the object name at the S
>prompt, I get the large dump.
>
>--Ben
>
>On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Rodney Sparapani wrote:
>
>> Ben:
>>
>> Are you loading these objects from a large file?
>>
>> Rodney
>>
>> >Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 11:23:40 -0500 (EST)
>> >From: Ben Shoemaker <shoemake at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov>
>> >X-X-Sender: shoemake at scarecrow
>> >To: Rodney Sparapani <rsparapa at post.its.mcw.edu>
>> >cc: ess-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
>> >Subject: Re: query for large object display
>> >MIME-Version: 1.0
>> >
>> >
>> >Rodney,
>> >
>> >Thanks for your quick reply!  Unfortunately, that didn't seem to work for
>> >me.  I added the lines below to my .emacs file and when I restarted xemacs
>> >it complained:
>> >
>> >Warning: reference to free variable filename
>> >Warning: assignment to free variable filename
>> >
>> >I went ahead and tried typing the name of a large object, but again it
>> >hung up my xemacs.
>> >
>> >Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
>> >
>> >--Ben
>> >
>> >On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Rodney Sparapani wrote:
>> >
>> >> Ben:
>> >>
>> >> Not by default.  But, I run into this problem all the time so I have the
>> >> following in my .emacs:
>> >>
>> >> (defvar big-file-limit 400000)
>> >>
>> >> (defadvice find-file (before huge-file-protection activate)
>> >>   (let* ((big-file-list (file-attributes filename))
>> >>          (big-file-size (nth 7 big-file-list)))
>> >>
>> >>   (if big-file-list
>> >>      (progn
>> >>       (if (or (equal big-file-size -1) (> big-file-size big-file-limit))
>> (progn
>> >>         (shell-command (concat "head -10000 " filename " > " filename 
"00"))
>> >>       (message "WARNING: only showing first 10000 lines of %s." filename)
>> >>       (setq filename (concat filename "00"))))))
>> >> ))
>> >>
>> >> Rodney
>> >>
>> >> >Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 11:03:25 -0500 (EST)
>> >> >From: Ben Shoemaker <shoemake at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov>
>> >> >X-X-Sender: shoemake at scarecrow
>> >> >To: ess-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
>> >> >Subject: query for large object display
>> >> >MIME-Version: 1.0
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >Hi,
>> >> >
>> >> >I use ESS version 5.1.19 in xemacs 20.4 and am very happy with it.
>> >> >Occasionally, however, I type an object's name and forget to explore 
first
>> >> >if it's a large object.  If it is, it causes xemacs to freeze up,
>> >> >sometimes indefinitely while it's trying to dump all of the data to the
>> >> >buffer.  Is there a variable to set which would query yes/no (or simply
>> >> >refuse to do it) if the object is beyond a certain size?
>> >> >
>> >> >Thanks in advance,
>> >> >
>> >> >Ben
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
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>> >> Rodney Sparapani              Medical College of Wisconsin
>> >> Sr. Biostatistician           Patient Care & Outcomes Research (PCOR)
>> >> rsparapa at mcw.edu              http://www.mcw.edu/pcor
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>>
>> Rodney Sparapani              Medical College of Wisconsin
>> Sr. Biostatistician           Patient Care & Outcomes Research (PCOR)
>> rsparapa at mcw.edu              http://www.mcw.edu/pcor
>> Was 'Name That Tune' rigged?  WWLD -- What Would Lombardi Do
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>

Rodney Sparapani              Medical College of Wisconsin
Sr. Biostatistician           Patient Care & Outcomes Research (PCOR)
rsparapa at mcw.edu              http://www.mcw.edu/pcor
Was 'Name That Tune' rigged?  WWLD -- What Would Lombardi Do

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