New in Version 18.1
September 26, 2018
New General Features
- Greatly improved the speed ofFind in Files and various operations when opening very large files.
Test results:
| v17.9 | v18.0 | v18.1 | Comparison to v17.9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Find in Files*1 | 8.86 seconds | 7.31 seconds | 0.609 seconds | 14.5 times faster |
| Open a very large file*2 | 7.06 seconds | 7.06 seconds | 2.44 seconds | 2.89 times faster |
| Switch to CSV mode*3 | 59.3 seconds | 18.4 seconds | 3.02 seconds | 19.6 times faster |
| Sort A to Z (default options) | 64.0 seconds | 38.1 seconds | 32.1 seconds | 1.99 times faster |
| Sort A to Z (fast binary comparison) | 35.5 seconds | 10.3 seconds | 8.28 seconds | 4.29 times faster |
| Delete Duplicate Lines | 31.7 seconds | 18.3 seconds | 2.20 seconds | 14.4 times faster |
| Save (as the same file after changes) | 25.8 seconds | 0.562 seconds | 0.406 seconds | 63.5 times faster |
| Save As a new file | 26.7 seconds | 0.484 seconds | 0.343 seconds | 77.8 times faster |
*1 Find “abc” in 11,370 HTML files (total of 29.9 MB).
*2 1.34 GB, 100,000,000 lines, random ASCII data
*3 1.99 GB, 15,860,000 lines, random number data.
* All others: 538 MB, 10,000,000 lines, random ASCII data, Use Temporary Files option on (default), Windows 10 (64-bit), Core i7-8700K, 32GB RAM.
- Added theSync settings feature. This feature is disabled by default.
- Added the/max option to the command line options.
New Options
- Added theSync page to theCustomize dialog box.
- Added theMax newlines in a cell text box to theCSV page of theCustomize dialog box.
- Added theMaximum Memory Size per File text box to theAdvanced page of theCustomize dialog box.
- Added theApp Theme drop-down list box to theView page of theCustomize dialog box.
- Added theStop if number of matches reaches text box to theFind in Files andReplace in Files dialog boxes. TheMaximum Number of Files to Replace if Kept Open text box in theSearch page of theCustomize dialog box was deprecated.
