[Geany] do not open oversize files - confirmation threshold

[Nick Treleaven]

On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 18:30:06 +0100
Frank Lanitz <frank at frank.uvena.de> wrote:

> > If you really want to do something then a warning "this is a big file
> > are you sure you want to open it" using a hidden pref is the most
> > sensible, with a pref value of zero meaning no check so people like me
> > with 4G can turn it off.
> 
> I think this shouldn't be done as a hidden pref (in case of we really
> want to add such a thing which I doubt is very useful at all) as I'm

I think it is useful if it can prevent someone's Geany freezing and
possibly making the whole system unresponsive.

> sure a lot of people having issues with to big files and not reading
> this list will just not read manual etc. and therefor not be able to
> find the switch to either turn it on or off.

I think confirming loading of a big file is not a big problem for the
user. The dialog could mention that the limit is configurable.

> Also the maximum is hardly
> depending on plattform and filetype ... at least from my experience
> open up huge XML files on Windows. I suggest to add a bool "Warn at
> huge files" im combination with an input element configuring at which
> point we are talking about a big file. 

As Lex suggested, a hidden pref could accept a value of zero to disable
the confirmation completely.

The question is what should the default be, and personally I think some
kind of limit is better than no limit.

Regards,
Nick