Re: [sc-dev] Syntax Highlighting

[Ryan Brown <ryan@xxxxxxxxx>]

If nobody objects, could someone commit this?

Ryan

On Nov 29, 2006, at 6:00 PM, Ryan Brown wrote:

> Attached is a simple patch that improves syntax highlighting  
> performance. Opening a large .sc file (6500 lines) previously took  
> about 10 seconds of beach balling, with the patch it opens  
> instantly. It works by changing the text color via textStorage  
> (rather than the text view) and wrapping the entire colorization  
> loop in beginEditing and endEditing calls. Why this improves  
> performance is documented here:
> http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ 
> TextEditing/Tasks/BatchEditing.html
>
> I also cleaned up the code a bit.
>
> Ryan
>
> <syntaxColorize.M.patch>
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