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I mean, find the biggest file you can open with Vim, and then find the biggest file you can open with any other full-fledged editor. I doubt most full-fledged e
by theli0nheart 8y ago
I mean, find the biggest file you can open with Vim, and then find the biggest file you can open with any other full-fledged editor. I doubt most full-fledged editor will be able to handle a 5GB+ log file, much less perform a search / replace within a reasonable amount of time.
Vim just has a lot less going on under the hood by default and
is built for this.
In short, I guess I'm agreeing with your original post. Vim is just on another level when it comes to performance versus other editors so it's kind of unfair to pit them together.
- accatyyc 8y agoIt seems like the general opinion that Sublime Text outclasses vim when it comes to opening large files though
- theli0nheart 8y ago> It seems like the general opinion that Sublime Text outclasses vim when it comes to opening large files though That comment is _begging_ for a source. Whose general opinion?
- accatyyc 8y agoJust looking at the rest of the comments here is one example. And almost every time something about Sublime is posted on HN