Large file text editor
UltraEdit's file handling is designed to prevent it from using all the available memory, which would stop other applications from running. What does this mean to you? UltraEdit has no real limit on file size - and can be used to edit large text files.
There are three configuration settings that can be configured to optimize the editing of large files. Below are the configuration settings you will need to change.
Disabling line numbers on large files will help make navigation much quicker. You can access this setting by going to Advanced : Configuration : Editor Display : Miscellaneous.
This configuration item is designed for users who are editing large files. It can be very slow to calculate the line numbers when navigating in a very large file. Therefore, UltraEdit provides and option to disable this to improve the performance.
As mentioned above, UltraEdit is a disk based editor, which means it only loads small portions of the file into memory. As UltraEdit uses 64-Bit handling for the file it has no real limit on file size, and does not use excessive RAM for editing. However, when opening the file with a temporary file, UltraEdit must first create a copy of the file in your temporary directory. Copying the file can cause the initial loading to be slower than desired. By editing without a temporary file, UltraEdit will not first copy the file to your temporary file directory.
This setting may be accessed in Advanced : Configuration : File Handling : Temporary Files. Enable the option to "Open a file without a temp file".
Warning: This does mean you are directly editing the original file so any changes will be permanent.
You may set a threshold for the temp file setting for files above a certain size (specified in KB). The threshold will set a "limit" for using temporary files on files that are over the specified amount. For example, if you set this to 500,000 KB, UltraEdit will not use temporary files when you open a file that is more than 500,000 KB.
Finally, in addition to the above settings, you may want to disable UltraEdit's automatic conversion from Unix to DOS feature. This is accessed in Advanced : Configuration : File Handling : DOS/UNIX/MAC Handling.
This option is designed to allow you to determine if the editor should automatically detect and convert UNIX/MAC files to DOS format when they are opened, which is normally handled by converting line terminators to the hex value OD/OA.
