Large files and the function list

toddm · Feb 17, 2006#12006-02-17T01:14+00:00

Usually I work with fairly small files and like to have the function list open, however occasionally I open a large file and forget to first turn off the function list. This results in the file taking forever to load.

Does anyone know any tricks to make the function list work better with large files or how to get UltraEdit to automatically close the function list if the file is above a certain size?

Thanks.

Mofi · Feb 17, 2006#22006-02-17T12:50+00:00

Sorry, but I think there is no solution for this problem. You have to manually close the function list before open the large file. Maybe IDM could add a configuration option to turn off the regular expression searches for the function list when the file is larger than ???? KB.

I have exported the whole registry of XP (25 MB in 9x mode - ASCII) and renamed the reg-file to .ini and opened it with UltraEdit while the function list was open. UltraEdit needed a few minutes to find all [...] lines for the function list.

Good that I have turned off code folding by default for normal editing because I think (but not tested it) this would have an even higher dramatical effect on the load time than the regular expression searches for the function list.

So maybe it would be a good idea to not only turn off the regular expression searches for the function list but also the code folding if a file is larger than ???? KB.

toddm · Feb 17, 2006#32006-02-17T19:37+00:00

Thanks Mofi. I figured there was not current solution other than not forgeting to close the function list. I hadn't thought about code folding affecting performance, but I have that enabled as well. The function list is definitely the biggest performance impact. I emailed suggestions to IDM including the following.

It would be nice if UltraEdit could load the function list in a separate thread so I can continue working and the function list just won't be available until a loading message goes away.

PaoloFCantoni · Feb 18, 2006#42006-02-18T07:07+00:00

toddm wrote:It would be nice if UltraEdit could load the function list in a separate thread so I can continue working and the function list just won't be available until a loading message goes away.

Seconded...