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| <h1 class="Head">Large File Associations</h1> |
| <p class="Intro">On the <a class="command-link" href= |
| 'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.ui.preferencePages.LargeFileAssociations)")'> |
| <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="command link"> <strong>General > Editors > Large |
| File Associations</strong></a> preference page, you can specify which editors are used to open large files. You can |
| associate file extension types and file sizes to an editor. Upon opening a file with the given extension, if the file |
| is above the specified size, the associated editor will be used to open the file. When multiple pairs of editor and |
| file size are specified for the extension of the file, the pair with the largest matching file size applies.</p> |
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| <h2>File types list</h2> |
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| <li class="Item"><strong>Add...</strong>: Adds a new file extension to the list of associated file types. In the |
| resulting <b>Add File Type dialog</b>, type the file extension (e.g. simply "xml" or as a pattern "*.txt").</li> |
| <li class="Item"><strong>Remove</strong>: Removes the selected file type from the list, along with all its |
| associated editors and sizes.</li> |
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| <h2>Associated editors list</h2> |
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| <li class="Item"><strong>Add...</strong>: Adds a new editor and file size to the list of editors associated with |
| the file type selected above. You can choose to be asked for an editor, upon opening a large file of the selected |
| type. Or, you can choose the editor with which to open the file type beforehand. When choosing an editor in |
| advance (by enabling and clicking the <b>Choose Editor</b> link), you can choose an editor to launch either |
| inside the Workbench (internal) or outside the Workbench (external); click <b>Browse</b> in the now open |
| <b>Editor Selection</b> dialog to locate an editor yourself if the editor you want is not displayed in the |
| list.</li> |
| <li class="Item"><strong>Edit...</strong>: Edit the selected editor and file size for the file type selected |
| above. When editting an association which specifies an editor, you can click on the editor link to change the |
| associated editor.</li> |
| <li class="Item"><strong>Remove</strong>: Removes the association between an editor, file size and the file type |
| selected above.</li> |
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