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[–] Cavemanfreak@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Notepad++ can't handle as big files for some reason. At work we have files that can reach 5-600 MB, and NP++ can't always open those, but notepad handles then with no problem.

[–] adchevrier@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had the same problem but noticed that I was using the 32 bit version of notepad++, installed the 64 bits instead and had no problems with large files

[–] Cavemanfreak@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

That might actually be something to bring up with IT...

[–] Ghoelian@feddit.nl 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tbf npp has much more functionality than regular notepad.

Just the syntax highlighting alone probably dramatically lowers the amount of text it can render.

[–] Cavemanfreak@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Yep, I prefer it when it works. Highlighting plus line numbers helps a ton.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've opened 4GB files with notepad++ before. Sure, it takes several minutes (I basically have to go away and do something else, or leave it loading in the background) but it gets there, eventually.

[–] Cavemanfreak@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

NP++ straight up tells us it's too big to be opened...

[–] IDeserveToBeLoved@szmer.info 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

With bigger files or searching in files where there's a lot of data I found sublimetext to be much more efficient (than n++)

[–] Cavemanfreak@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I use sublime at home, but work is pretty strict with what we can use.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just upload it in the cloud and use Microsoft online word!

\s

[–] Cavemanfreak@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Hahahahaha, hahahaha.

Hahahahaha

[–] evilgiraffe666@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's a npp plugin called Big Files, I haven't used it but it might be worth a look.

[–] Cavemanfreak@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Can't use plugins unfortunately..

[–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That sounds backwards... I occasionally have to open log files of 1 gig or more, and notepad++ gets sluggish, but is usable, while notepad just hangs until I kill it...

[–] Cavemanfreak@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Someone suggested that we might have the 32-bit version, and that that might be the problem. I have no way of checking for a few months though, since I'm on parental leave until January. Because our NP++ just says that the files are too big to be opened. Sidenote: Sometimes it can open files that are a bit bigger, and sometimes only a bit smaller... So it's not a hard limit that is the same at all times.

[–] Irkam@jlai.lu 0 points 1 year ago