Meld (3.18.0) keeps freezing on me in Ubuntu 18.04 Mate, when I try to compare certain files or perform git mergetool. E.g. if I view a diff on one change it may work, but if I try on another it will freeze. If I keep retrying on that change, it will always keep freezing, indicating that it is no random, but dependent on what its comparing.
The only output I have to go on so far is:
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GtkSourceView:ERROR:gtksourcecontextengine.c:5543:update_syntax: assertion failed: (g_slist_length (ce->priv->invalid) <= 1)
Aborted (core dumped)
I can't seem to find a --verbose or -v option to get more output to go on.
Does anybody know what the issues is, or how I might be able to better diagnose what is going wrong?
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Preferences>Folder Comparison>Apply text filters during folder comparisonsI just installed
meldon Ubuntu 18.10 and also had it freeze frequently. I changed the preferences by disablingPreferences>Folder Comparison>Apply text filters during folder comparisons. Obviously that makes directory comparison cheaper. This also may be the reason in your situation as even when diff'ing only small files there may be some folder being auto-compared 'full-text-wise' in the background.Meld Preferences: disable
Apply text filters during folder comparisons