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VS Code can't handle very large files (multi-GiB), but Sublime can.

zamadatix 8y ago
Does anybody know of a decent benchmark on editor latency? I swear Sublime feels more responsive vs VS code but that could just be in my head.
- azeirah 8y ago
  There is a great benchmark somewhere on Github, it measures 5-ish metrics, like key->rendered latency, time to load 100MB file, and stuff like that. Apparently, the Joe editor was the fastest, and Sublime has basically first or second place for most metrics. Atom crashed for a few metrics :P I don't know if I could find it for you... but it's out there somewhere, maybe someone here has it bookmarked.
  - govg 8y ago
    https://github.com/jhallen/joes-sandbox/blob/master/editor-perf/readme.md https://github.com/jhallen/joes-sandbox/blob/master/editor-p... This is probably what you're looking for.
- Strom 8y ago
  There's one from 2017, but it's probably not too accurate for things like VSCode anymore. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13933128 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13933128
- dmit 8y ago
  For pure typing latency, here's a fairly rigorous one from three years ago: https://pavelfatin.com/typing-with-pleasure/ https://pavelfatin.com/typing-with-pleasure/ It doesn't include VS Code, but it does describe the benchmarking process and the provided tool is simple to use. On my current setup, VS Code 1.32.1 is ~5ms slower than Sublime Text 3.2: 16.2ms vs 10.8ms respectively.
- guessmyname 8y ago
  https://cixtor.com/blog/editor-latency https://cixtor.com/blog/editor-latency
h1d 8y ago
Is that all? I can swear I'll never encounter such a huge text file as a programmer. There are other ways to interact with those than open up in an editor.
- rovr138 8y ago
  As someone else’s anecdote, I have. Log files can easily grow, database exports as well.
  - syspec 8y ago
    I use sublime as a text editor for such files, but other IDEs (in my case webstorm) for everything editing project code
  - h1d 8y ago
    Either you should split the files when exporting (split database schema from data and for each table or by date etc for logs) or grep to filter out than open up GB size in an editor as you'll have problem navigating anyway. You don't want to use 'find' inside the editor for that kind of size.
    - zenexer 8y ago
      Or you can use Sublime, where it's not an issue. Find works just fine on large files.

Does anybody know of a decent benchmark on editor latency? I swear Sublime feels more responsive vs VS code but that could just be in my head.

azeirah 8y ago
There is a great benchmark somewhere on Github, it measures 5-ish metrics, like key->rendered latency, time to load 100MB file, and stuff like that. Apparently, the Joe editor was the fastest, and Sublime has basically first or second place for most metrics. Atom crashed for a few metrics :P I don't know if I could find it for you... but it's out there somewhere, maybe someone here has it bookmarked.
- govg 8y ago
  https://github.com/jhallen/joes-sandbox/blob/master/editor-perf/readme.md https://github.com/jhallen/joes-sandbox/blob/master/editor-p... This is probably what you're looking for.
Strom 8y ago
There's one from 2017, but it's probably not too accurate for things like VSCode anymore. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13933128 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13933128
dmit 8y ago
For pure typing latency, here's a fairly rigorous one from three years ago: https://pavelfatin.com/typing-with-pleasure/ https://pavelfatin.com/typing-with-pleasure/ It doesn't include VS Code, but it does describe the benchmarking process and the provided tool is simple to use. On my current setup, VS Code 1.32.1 is ~5ms slower than Sublime Text 3.2: 16.2ms vs 10.8ms respectively.
guessmyname 8y ago
https://cixtor.com/blog/editor-latency https://cixtor.com/blog/editor-latency

h1d 8y ago

Is that all? I can swear I'll never encounter such a huge text file as a programmer. There are other ways to interact with those than open up in an editor.

rovr138 8y ago
As someone else’s anecdote, I have. Log files can easily grow, database exports as well.
- syspec 8y ago
  I use sublime as a text editor for such files, but other IDEs (in my case webstorm) for everything editing project code
- h1d 8y ago
  Either you should split the files when exporting (split database schema from data and for each table or by date etc for logs) or grep to filter out than open up GB size in an editor as you'll have problem navigating anyway. You don't want to use 'find' inside the editor for that kind of size.
  - zenexer 8y ago
    Or you can use Sublime, where it's not an issue. Find works just fine on large files.