Re: [Codestriker-user] Syntax highlight (patch included)

[David S. <dav...@gm...>]

> If Kate engine is used to highlight text line-by-line as in my code,
> it process SQLite 3.3.17 amalgamation (2.1Mb, 41218 SLOCs reported by
> sloccount) in about 5 minutes.
> I think this speed is acceptable because:
> 1. Codestriker can't handle such a big files reliable (it creates
> Subversion topic that consists of the same amalgamation more than
> about 5 minutes)
> 2. I believe that reviewing such files isn't the common practice.
>
> However if highlighting of our code would be too slow I'll consider to
> make alternative highlighting using webc++ external highlighter.

Can you do a comparison between Kate and webc++ on something a little
smaller?  Say something with roughly 1000 SLOCs.  I'd be curious to
see what the difference is.  If it is huge, perhaps going the webc++
or enscript route might be better.

Cheers,
David