Issue with Linux Mint's text editor related to memory usage.
Issue with Linux Mint's text editor related to memory usage.
xed keeps consuming RAM even after closing big files. I experimented with Java to generate random strings for freelance work. I usually create massive text files—minimum 1GB. I assumed Linux Mint’s built-in editor would handle it, but after closing the file, my system felt sluggish. Htop showed xed using 14.7GB of my 16GB when opening a 1GB file. Anyone have ideas to resolve this or recommend another Linux editor for files over 10GB?
Read them as is. You can adjust editing options via the command line or use glogg for a graphical interface.
Usually I don’t have to scroll just to check if the output appears correctly—glogg should work fine. It opens the file, shows one page, then loads the rest, which takes a while. Thanks! It seems glogg has a similar problem too. If I close the program before it finishes loading, the task keeps running until it closes. Not sure why closing the UI doesn’t instantly stop it, but it looks like many things have this issue. Good news: I can use "less" for bigger files and glogg for smaller ones.