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diff --git a/doc/ScintillaDoc.html b/doc/ScintillaDoc.html index 25e7ca15b..d9f658814 100644 --- a/doc/ScintillaDoc.html +++ b/doc/ScintillaDoc.html @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ <h1>Scintilla Documentation</h1> - <p>Last edited 1 February 2018 NH</p> + <p>Last edited 17 April 2018 NH</p> <p>There is <a class="jump" href="Design.html">an overview of the internal design of Scintilla</a>.<br /> @@ -5711,11 +5711,12 @@ sptr_t CallScintilla(unsigned int iMessage, uptr_t wParam, sptr_t lParam){ <code><a class="message" href="#SCI_GETDOCPOINTER">SCI_GETDOCPOINTER → document *</a><br /> <a class="message" href="#SCI_SETDOCPOINTER">SCI_SETDOCPOINTER(<unused>, document *doc)</a><br /> - <a class="message" href="#SCI_CREATEDOCUMENT">SCI_CREATEDOCUMENT(int bytes, int documentOption) → document *</a><br /> + <a class="message" href="#SCI_CREATEDOCUMENT">SCI_CREATEDOCUMENT(int bytes, int documentOptions) → document *</a><br /> <a class="message" href="#SCI_ADDREFDOCUMENT">SCI_ADDREFDOCUMENT(<unused>, document *doc)</a><br /> <a class="message" href="#SCI_RELEASEDOCUMENT">SCI_RELEASEDOCUMENT(<unused>, document *doc)</a><br /> + <a class="message" href="#SCI_GETDOCUMENTOPTIONS">SCI_GETDOCUMENTOPTIONS → int</a><br /> </code> <p><b id="SCI_GETDOCPOINTER">SCI_GETDOCPOINTER → document *</b><br /> @@ -5732,7 +5733,7 @@ sptr_t CallScintilla(unsigned int iMessage, uptr_t wParam, sptr_t lParam){ window.<br /> 6. If <code class="parameter">doc</code> was not 0, its reference count is increased by 1.</p> - <p><b id="SCI_CREATEDOCUMENT">SCI_CREATEDOCUMENT(int bytes, int documentOption) → document *</b><br /> + <p><b id="SCI_CREATEDOCUMENT">SCI_CREATEDOCUMENT(int bytes, int documentOptions) → document *</b><br /> This message creates a new, empty document and returns a pointer to it. This document is not selected into the editor and starts with a reference count of 1. This means that you have ownership of it and must either reduce its reference count by 1 after using @@ -5743,12 +5744,29 @@ sptr_t CallScintilla(unsigned int iMessage, uptr_t wParam, sptr_t lParam){ to allocate once rather than rely on the buffer growing as data is added. If <code>SCI_CREATEDOCUMENT</code> fails then 0 is returned.</p> - <p id="documentOption">The <code class="parameter">documentOption</code> argument + <p id="documentOptions">The <code class="parameter">documentOptions</code> argument chooses between different document capabilities which affect memory allocation and performance with <code>SC_DOCUMENTOPTION_DEFAULT</code> (0) choosing standard options. - <code>SC_DOCUMENTOPTION_STYLES_NONE</code> (1) stops allocation of memory to style characters + <code>SC_DOCUMENTOPTION_STYLES_NONE</code> (0x1) stops allocation of memory to style characters which saves significant memory, often 40% with the whole document treated as being style 0. - Lexers may still produce visual styling by using indicators.</p> + Lexers may still produce visual styling by using indicators. + <span class="provisional"><code>SC_DOCUMENTOPTION_TEXT_LARGE</code> (0x100) accomodates documents larger than 2 GigaBytes + in 64-bit executables.</span> + </p> + + <p>With <code>SC_DOCUMENTOPTION_STYLES_NONE</code>, lexers are still active and may display + indicators. Some may produce folding information althoough most require lexical styles to correctly determine folding. + Its often more efficient to set the null lexer <code>SCLEX_NULL</code> so no lexer is run. + </p> + + <p class="provisional">The <code>SC_DOCUMENTOPTION_TEXT_LARGE</code> option is experimental and has not been + thoroughly tested. Lexers may fail or hang when lexing past 2GB or 4GB. + Applications using this option should be tested to ensure the option works in their circumstances and each lexer + included should also be tested with documents larger than 4GB. + For many applications lexing documents larger than 4GB will be too sluggish so <code>SC_DOCUMENTOPTION_STYLES_NONE</code> + and the null lexer <code>SCLEX_NULL</code> can be used. Another approach is to turn on idle styling with + <a class="seealso" href="#SCI_SETIDLESTYLING"><code>SCI_SETIDLESTYLING</code></a>. + </p> <table class="standard" summary="Document options"> <tbody> @@ -5769,10 +5787,16 @@ sptr_t CallScintilla(unsigned int iMessage, uptr_t wParam, sptr_t lParam){ <tr> <td align="left">SC_DOCUMENTOPTION_STYLES_NONE</td> - <td align="left">1</td> + <td align="left">0x1</td> <td align="left">Stop allocation of memory for styles and treat all text as style 0.</td> </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" class="provisional">SC_DOCUMENTOPTION_TEXT_LARGE</td> + <td align="left">0x100</td> + <td align="left">Allow document to be larger than 2 GB.</td> + </tr> + </tbody> </table> @@ -5794,6 +5818,9 @@ sptr_t CallScintilla(unsigned int iMessage, uptr_t wParam, sptr_t lParam){ world spinning in its orbit you must balance each call to <code>SCI_CREATEDOCUMENT</code> or <code>SCI_ADDREFDOCUMENT</code> with a call to <code>SCI_RELEASEDOCUMENT</code>.</p> + <p><b id="SCI_GETDOCUMENTOPTIONS">SCI_GETDOCUMENTOPTIONS → int</b><br /> + Returns the options that were used to create the document.</p> + <h2 id="BackgroundLoadSave">Background loading and saving</h2> <p>To ensure a responsive user interface, applications may decide to load and save documents using a separate thread @@ -5801,7 +5828,7 @@ sptr_t CallScintilla(unsigned int iMessage, uptr_t wParam, sptr_t lParam){ <h3 id="BackgroundLoad">Loading in the background</h3> - <code><a class="message" href="#SCI_CREATELOADER">SCI_CREATELOADER(int bytes, int documentOption) → int</a><br /> + <code><a class="message" href="#SCI_CREATELOADER">SCI_CREATELOADER(int bytes, int documentOptions) → int</a><br /> </code> <p>An application can load all of a file into a buffer it allocates on a background thread and then add the data in that buffer @@ -5810,15 +5837,15 @@ sptr_t CallScintilla(unsigned int iMessage, uptr_t wParam, sptr_t lParam){ <p>To avoid these issues, a loader object may be created and used to load the file. The loader object supports the ILoader interface.</p> - <p><b id="SCI_CREATELOADER">SCI_CREATELOADER(int bytes, int documentOption) → int</b><br /> + <p><b id="SCI_CREATELOADER">SCI_CREATELOADER(int bytes, int documentOptions) → int</b><br /> Create an object that supports the <code>ILoader</code> interface which can be used to load data and then be turned into a Scintilla document object for attachment to a view object. The <code class="parameter">bytes</code> argument determines the initial memory allocation for the document as it is more efficient to allocate once rather than rely on the buffer growing as data is added. If <code>SCI_CREATELOADER</code> fails then 0 is returned.</p> - <p>The <code class="parameter">documentOption</code> argument - is described in the <a class="seealso" href="#documentOption"><code>SCI_CREATEDOCUMENT</code></a> section.</p> + <p>The <code class="parameter">documentOptions</code> argument + is described in the <a class="seealso" href="#documentOptions"><code>SCI_CREATEDOCUMENT</code></a> section.</p> <h4>ILoader</h4> diff --git a/doc/ScintillaHistory.html b/doc/ScintillaHistory.html index 87bfa49ab..00fe782fe 100644 --- a/doc/ScintillaHistory.html +++ b/doc/ScintillaHistory.html @@ -542,6 +542,10 @@ Released 10 April 2018. </li> <li> + Add experimental SC_DOCUMENTOPTION_TEXT_LARGE option to accomodate documents larger than + 2 GigaBytes. + </li> + <li> Set the last X chosen when SCI_REPLACESEL called to ensure macros work when text insertion followed by caret up or down. </li> |