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Assuming: - a single char takes 1 byte. - a linked list takes about 5 bytes/char. - a double linked list takes about 9 bytes/char.
1. Why is "Plain Text" format so low on memory. Is it using an array as storage?
2. Why is "Rich Format" so heavy?
Insight, details answers, and links welcome.
hexdump -C plaintextfilename
hexdump -C richtextfilenameFrom their example:
$ echo "{\rtf1\ansi{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss Helvetica;}\f0\pard
This is some {\b bold} text.\par
}" |wc -c
86
$ echo "This is some bold text." |wc -c
24
If you're going to add information, that has to be a higher byte count.
Move the file to a linux/bsd machine and do: hexdump -C plaintextfilename hexdump -C richtextfilename
can't try atm, but will as soon as I can log to linux.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Text_Format#Code_example From their example: $ echo "{\rtf1\ansi{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss Helvetica;}\f0\pard This is some {\b bold} text.\par }" |wc -c 86 $ echo "This is some bold text." |wc -c 24 Also see cd34's comment. If you're going to add information, that has to be a higher byte count.
thanks for pointing that out.