Thx for the hint. I hope to remember it when in need again 😂. Martin
05.06.2025 12:06:34 Hussein Shafie <[email protected]>: > On May 30, 2025, Martin wrote: >> Proposal: When opening an XML Document for the very first time I'd like >> to see an option for specifying the initial view mode e.g., (Docbook | >> Table of Contents | XML Source). >> Background: I was regularly editing a larger master document in »Table >> of Contents« view mode for an extended time period. This document had to >> be moved to a new filesystem location requiring to re-open it. XXE >> started opening it in »Docbook« mode becoming unresponsive for several >> minutes and generating maximum system load on all cores before I >> eventually killed the application. The application may have been >> overwhelmed by this large document containing lots of images and formulas. >> I then tried to clear the cache and eventually the whole ~/.xxe10 folder >> to no avail. My last resort became tweaking the >> ~/.xxe10/preferences.properties file manually by crafting a line: >> viewSettings=file\:/home/.../mydocument.xml\nTable of contents;... >> Only then was I able to open the master document in question and working >> on its modules. > > On 5/30/25 10:59, Hussein Shafie wrote: >> We'll make our best efforts to implement this feature, but only as a command >> line option, e.g. >> xxe -view 'Table of Contents' my_large_doc.xml >> Note that this new command line option would end up doing exactly what you >> did by hand, that is, update the viewSettings user preferences (See >> "viewSettings" in https://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/ >> preferenceKeys.html). >> > > After looking at the code it seems that implementing the -view command-line > option described above is (surprisingly) quite involved. Therefore we gave up > this idea. Sorry for that! > > OTOH, there is a way to achieve what you want without having to edit by hand > the "viewSettings" preference in the user preferences file > (https://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/preferenceKeys.html). > > We have updated our FAQ to explain the procedure. See "What if, after > increasing the amount of Java™ memory, opening my large XML document still > takes forever?" in > https://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/faq.html#minimal_memory_footprint -- XMLmind XML Editor Support List [email protected] http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support
