On 2014-04-16 09:58, Adrian Nagle wrote: > 'm helping another user open a large, 3Gb, file. The standard > windows editors balk, so I recommended VIM. Unfortunately, even > vim crashes after scrolling some amount. For instance, he can't go > straight to the end of file. > > The work station is Windows 7, 64 bit, with 32Gb of RAM. Are there > any settings to modify to make vim more stable with large files, or > is there some Windows performance limitation and just out of luck?
In addition to the LargeFile tips, for certain types of edits, using a stream editor such as "sed" will usually let you operate on arbitrary-sized files, as it only processes one line at a time (modulo what you keep in the hold-space). If you detail the types of transformations/changes that you are hoping to make, there might a way to do it that can be done regardless of the file-size. -tim -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
