Use the Scalability preference panel to configure options for dealing with large source files. Click Window > Preferences > C/C++ > Editor > Scalability to make changes.
If enabled, an information dialog pops up when a large file is opened with the C/C++ Editor which exceeds the specified line limit. | |
If the number of lines in a file exceeds the specified number the C/C++ Editor will enable scalability mode and all scalability mode options below will take effect. | |
If enabled, all options below are enabled, too. | |
If enabled, parsing while typing will be disabled. This disables also other features like Outline view, semantic highlighting, folding, etc. | |
If enabled, C/C++ identifiers will not be colored. | |
If enabled, no coloring of keywords, comments and literals is done. | |
If enabled, content assist proposals which require parsing the file will not be available. | |
If enabled, content assist will not be activated automatically on trigger sequences, like '.', '::' or '->'. |
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