</question>
<answer>
- <para>This is because large files use the "<guilabel>Quick
- Compare</guilabel>" method, even when the [<menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
-
- <guimenuitem>Options /</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice> <guilabel>Compare</guilabel> / <guilabel>File
- Compare Method</guilabel>] setting is set to "<guilabel>Full
- Compare</guilabel>". This is a speed optimization. To test if this
- is causing the behavior you're seeing, you could raise the limit for
+ <para>This is because WinMerge uses the "<guilabel>Quick
+ Compare</guilabel>" method for large files always. It allows
+ WinMerge to compare large files more efficiently. To test if this is
+ causing the behavior you're seeing, you could raise the limit for
the <guilabel>Quick Compare</guilabel> threshold for large files. It
is stored in the registry as:</para>
<screen>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Thingamahoochie\WinMerge\Settings\QuickMethodLimit</screen>
+
+ <para>You may consider raising this limit if you constantly compare
+ large text files. Be careful to not raise it too much "for just to
+ be sure". 100 MB is too much.</para>
+
+ <para>The default value for the limit is 4MB (0x400000).</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>WinMerge 2.4.0 (and newer) includes a binary file viewer
- (plugin <filename>DisplayBinaryFiles.dll</filename>). WinMerge 2.6.0
- (and newer) includes a binary file editor (plugin
- <filename>EditBinaryFiles.dll</filename>).</para>
+ <para>WinMerge 2.6.0 (and newer) includes a binary file editor
+ (plugin <filename>EditBinaryFiles.dll</filename>).</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandaset>
<para></para>
</sect2>
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+</sect1>