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Find (CTRL+F) takes several seconds/big files

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AdamWozPL
2008-05-26
2012-11-13

  • AdamWozPL

    AdamWozPL - 2008-05-26

    Hello

    I've got a problem with Notepad++ v4.9.2.

    I have opened a big text file: 100MB (log4j logfile). When I hit CTRL+F Notepad++ freezes on several seconds. I've found that when I turned off "Enable smart highlighting" option Notepad++ Find command works immediately.

    I think that there could be a hint that on big files "Enable smart highlighting" can take several seconds because for users starting working with Notepad++ those freezes can be unacceptable.

    Regards,
    Adaslaw

    PS.
    Thank you for Notepad++!

     

    • Amadawn

      Amadawn - 2008-05-28

      I have also seen this issue. I actually think that the performance of Notepad++ when editing large files is not very good, and probably one of the weakest points of an otherwise really good editor.

      Another example of this problem is the new (and really cool) "auto-highlight" feature, that automatically highlights all occurences of the selected word. This is also really slow when editing big files, specially above 20 MB.

      I hope you can hope in improving this since I know of a few people who have switched to other editors because of the poor performance of Notepad++ with big files.

      Cheers,

      Amadawn