On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 18:30:06 +0100 Frank Lanitz <[email protected]> wrote:
> > If you really want to do something then a warning "this is a big file > > are you sure you want to open it" using a hidden pref is the most > > sensible, with a pref value of zero meaning no check so people like me > > with 4G can turn it off. > > I think this shouldn't be done as a hidden pref (in case of we really > want to add such a thing which I doubt is very useful at all) as I'm I think it is useful if it can prevent someone's Geany freezing and possibly making the whole system unresponsive. > sure a lot of people having issues with to big files and not reading > this list will just not read manual etc. and therefor not be able to > find the switch to either turn it on or off. I think confirming loading of a big file is not a big problem for the user. The dialog could mention that the limit is configurable. > Also the maximum is hardly > depending on plattform and filetype ... at least from my experience > open up huge XML files on Windows. I suggest to add a bool "Warn at > huge files" im combination with an input element configuring at which > point we are talking about a big file. As Lex suggested, a hidden pref could accept a value of zero to disable the confirmation completely. The question is what should the default be, and personally I think some kind of limit is better than no limit. Regards, Nick _______________________________________________ Geany mailing list [email protected] http://lists.uvena.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geany
