[TxMt] Re: Recovering from crashes (was: Huge files in Textmate)

argaijo argaijo at gmail.com
Thu Aug 21 08:25:37 UTC 2008


In this case, a dialog asking for confirmation when you are going to  
open a very
huge file would be very usefull.

El 15/08/2008, a las 6:03, Allan Odgaard escribió:

> On 14 Aug 2008, at 15:37, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Adam Eberbach <aeberbach at mac.com>
>> wrote:
>>> [...] Can't it partially load files and load/dump as you scroll?
>
> TextMate relies on having the file parsed up-to at least last visible
> character. This is needed not just for display, but resolving key
> strokes, certain preferences items etc.
>
> Additionally it relies on having cached info that allows it to reparse
> only what is necessary, when the user edits the document at any
> arbitrary place.
>
> Disk-mapped files can most likely only be supported by introducing a
> parallel feature-limited mode. This approach has many disadvantages,
> so it’s rather low on the list.




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