i have code that is way longer than 1000 lines in blide, and have never had any problems.
Great! All my problems are solved if you don't have any problems then.
Logic would suggest that were this a common problem, the bug forums would be awash with reports, it's obviously not so this must be an extremely rare occurrence at best and can't just be 'a problem with Windows riched box' without other factors being involved.
Logic would suggest that people would have noticed all the people who have reported experiencing it over the years too, but apparently it passes them by if it doesn't affect them, leading them to believe it's an extremely rare occurrence ;)
Even though you've tried it across several PCs, doesn't mean there aren't common factors involved. Is there a particular app you always install for instance, or do you never install SP1/2?
No, there is nothing in common between all of the computers I've had this on. I first experienced it with Windows 98, so I think we can safely rule out SP1 and SP2 for XP ;) I've had PC's with 98, XP Home SP0, SP1 and XP Pro with SP0, SP1 and SP2 over that time, and always have had whatever is the latest installed. Never makes any difference though. As you might imagine there is nothing installed on my current PC ( hardware, software or firmware ) which is the same as a machine from six or seven years ago.
I think more likely is that the thing in common is coding style. Perhaps it's related to whitespace, any of a hundred little habits one might develop over the years and not even notice which - if not a trigger - make it more likely to happen. Lots of copying and pasting, or none. Could be almost anything, but I'm pretty sure it's this rich edit control, because it never happens in Apps which don't have it. ( And I didn't even know Blide had it when I first started reporting the same problems with Blide, so that's no coincidence. )