[Geany] do not open oversize files

Nick Treleaven nick.treleaven at xxxxx
Tue Jan 4 17:42:22 UTC 2011


On Tue, 4 Jan 2011 14:05:36 +0100
Milan Babuskov <milan.babuskov at gmail.com> wrote:

> >> "You're trying to open a huge file (600MB), which may cause your
> >> system to work slow. Are you sure?"
> >
> > Well, where to set such a point?
> 
> Any file larger than 50MB?

This sounds OK, or even smaller. A hidden pref could be used
to control the limit.

> Alternatively, if the file browser would show the file sizes that
> would also work. It happens to me sometimes to accidentally open the
> wrong file and thus lock up the system.

Changing the GTK file browser is beyond our control, but I agree that
would be useful.

Regards,
Nick



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