[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: is the eclipse editor a streamin editor

[Daniel Megert <daniel.megert@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

teknokrat wrote:

> Does the eclipse editor use streaming with large files or does it try 
> to load them into memory. i need to read very large files ( a couple 
> of gigs) and was wondering if eclipse could manage it.

No, the editor loads it into memory. There's already an existing feature 
request in bugzilla. You could write your own ITextStore along with 
document subclass that gets configured with your text store.

Dani