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authorTom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>2018-07-07 18:04:23 +1200
committerTom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>2018-07-07 18:05:14 +1200
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-*big_file_options.txt* For Vim version 6.0 Last change: 2018 June 17
+*big_file_options.txt* For Vim version 6.0 Last change: 2018 July 7
DESCRIPTION *big_file_options*
This plugin adds an |autocmd| hook to check the file size of an incoming
-buffer, and if it's over a certain threshold, disables certain options in
-order to make the file a bit easier to edit. It disables backups, swap files,
-undo files, and by default syntax highlighting.
+buffer, and if it's over a certain threshold, disables certain options in order
+to make the file a bit easier to edit. It makes the buffer read-only, and
+disables filetypes, swap files, undo files, and syntax highlighting.
It's similar to the much older and more sophisticated LargeFile plugin by
Charles Campbell, which is based on VimTip #611:
@@ -25,18 +25,22 @@ OPTIONS *big_file_options-options*
There are a few options you can set at any time before loading big files; it's
probably best to put them in your |vimrc|.
- *g:big_file_options_size*
-Set `g:big_file_options_size` to the threshold in bytes beyond which a file
+ *g:big_file_options_limit*
+Set `g:big_file_options_limit` to the threshold in bytes beyond which a file
should be considered "big"; this defaults to 10 MiB.
+ *g:big_file_options_readonly*
+Set `g:big_file_options_readonly` to either 1 or 0 depending on whether you
+want to make the buffer read-only; this defaults to on.
+
*g:big_file_options_syntax*
Set `g:big_file_options_syntax` to either 1 or 0 depending on whether you want
-to disable syntax highlighting completely on large files.
+to disable syntax highlighting completely on large files; this defaults to on.
*g:big_file_options_synmaxcol*
Set `g:big_file_options_synmaxcol` to the number of columns for which syntax
highlighting should be done on big files, assuming |g:big_file_options_syntax|
-is enabled. It defaults to 256 and only works if you have the |+synmaxcol|
+is enabled. This defaults to 256, and only works if you have the |+synmaxcol|
feature.
AUTHOR *big_file_options-author*