Dnia wtorek, 4 stycznia 2011 o 08:29:15 Lex Trotman napisał(a): > 2011/1/3 Krzysztof Żelechowski <[email protected]>: > > Geany should not try to open oversize files it is unable to digest. > > > > <URL: http://is.gd/jZn5B > > > > > The result is infinite thrashing and system unresponsive; the Process > > Monitor shows geany at 600MB swapped out. > > How big is your file and how big is your memory?
My file is 1.3 GB and my memory is 1 GB. > > Scintilla IIRC uses about 2*memory for buffering, so Geany needs that too. > > Unfortunately there is no way of knowing how much memory is available, > the requests for such information just return infinite (at least on my > system) so there is no way for Geany/Scintilla to limit the usage. One cannot inquire for available memory but one can inquire for Physical RAM. If file size is greater than 2 * RAM, ask the operator. > > > > (The less tool has no problem with displaying this file.) > > Less does not buffer the file, it reads line by line and prints it, > but you can't do that with an editor. Of course, there is no editor that can edit any file. I suggest that Geany acknowledge that and do not try to edit a file it is uncapable of handling. Cheers, Chris _______________________________________________ Geany mailing list [email protected] http://lists.uvena.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geany
