--- informat.el~	2008-05-06 07:57:40 +0000
+++ informat.el	2008-09-24 23:54:45 +0000
@@ -153,9 +153,16 @@
 
 
 ;;;###autoload
+(defcustom Info-split-threshold 262144
+  "The number of characters by which `Info-split' splits an info file."
+  :type 'integer
+  :group 'texinfo)
+
+;;;###autoload
 (defun Info-split ()
   "Split an info file into an indirect file plus bounded-size subfiles.
-Each subfile will be up to 50,000 characters plus one node.
+Each subfile will be up to the number of characters that
+`Info-split-threshold' specifies, plus one node.
 
 To use this command, first visit a large Info file that has a tag
 table.  The buffer is modified into a (small) indirect info file which
@@ -167,7 +174,7 @@
 contains just the tag table and a directory of subfiles."
 
   (interactive)
-  (if (< (buffer-size) 70000)
+  (if (< (buffer-size) (+ 20000 Info-split-threshold))
       (error "This is too small to be worth splitting"))
   (goto-char (point-min))
   (search-forward "\^_")
@@ -192,7 +199,7 @@
       (narrow-to-region (point-min) (point))
       (goto-char (point-min))
       (while (< (1+ (point)) (point-max))
-	(goto-char (min (+ (point) 50000) (point-max)))
+	(goto-char (min (+ (point) Info-split-threshold) (point-max)))
 	(search-forward "\^_" nil 'move)
 	(setq subfiles
 	      (cons (list (+ start chars-deleted)
--- textmodes/texinfmt.el~	2008-07-31 21:47:43 +0000
+++ textmodes/texinfmt.el	2008-09-24 23:54:45 +0000
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
     (Info-tagify)
     (if nosplit
         nil
-      (if (> (buffer-size) 100000)
+      (if (> (buffer-size) (+ 50000 Info-split-threshold))
           (progn
             (message (setq lastmessage "Splitting Info file..."))
             (Info-split))))