Syntax Editor Slow?

Keep in mind that even though no language is set, technically there is still a Plain Text language loaded which scans the characters in the text to lexically parse them. Then the display lines have to update whenever you make changes so huge files like that can be very cumbersome to edit.

Hello,
I have just installed the trial version of the Syntax Editor, and I have also found the speed to be a bit slow on large files. For instance, I have a 5 Meg Xml file that I need to be able to edit, and the control seems to be a bit sluggish. On my computer (P-III, 1 Ghz), it takes about 75 seconds to load, and about 5 seconds for the cursor to move around when I click to a different spot. When I type, it then takes about 5-7 seconds for the letter to appear. All I am really looking for is a way to color-code my XML as it is typed. Are there any ways I can optimize your product to make it run any faster? Thanks for your help!

We will try to develop some more optimizations however by nature of the type of control, it always will be somewhat slow when editing code since there are a lot of things being calculated, especially on a large file that's over a meg. Lexical parsing has to scan character by character. You can increase the lexical parsing phase's speed a little by making your language definitions simpler though. For instance, use less states and patterns.