Comment 13 for bug 620789

(In reply to comment #5)
> This problem is confirmed in Ubuntu 10.04 when trying to open a 2.8 GB file. It
> crashes everytime I try to open the file.
>
> lsb_release -rd
> Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
> Release: 10.04
>
> apt-cache policy kwrite
> kwrite:
> Installed: 4:4.4.2-0ubuntu2
> Candidate: 4:4.4.2-0ubuntu2
> Version table:
> *** 4:4.4.2-0ubuntu2 0
> 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> Downstream bug may be found at:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdebase/+bug/620789

This is a joke, right? Do you even have enough RAM to perform this?

I don't see how somebody can have a 2.8 GB text file:

Assuming an average A4 page has roughly 3 kB of data [1], a file of 2.8 GB would then be about 1 Million of A4 pages...

[1] http://www.virtualmv.com/wiki/index.php?title=Data#How_many_bytes_on_an_A4_page.3F