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From: mxmora@unix.SRI.COM (Matt Mora)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: TextEdit 32K limit.
Keywords: text edit textedit 32K limit pounding head against wall
Message-ID: <13157@unix.SRI.COM>
Date: 15 Jun 90 15:41:01 GMT
References: <334@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>
Reply-To: mxmora@unix.UUCP (Matt Mora)
Organization: SRI International, Menlo Park, CA
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In article <334@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> cro@cs.arizona.edu (Charles R. Oldham) writes:
>Hello fellow masochistic mac programmers.

[sobb story deleted :-)]

>	Has ANYONE DONE THIS?  I could really use some help.  Breaking
>the 32K barrier is now kind of important to me retaining my tenuous
>status as staff Mac Programmer.
>
>	Thanks very much.
>

>*Charles R. (C. R.) Oldham                    | Bitnet: OLDHAM@ARIZRVAX     

I just purchased from DataPak software a TE replacement that breaks the
32k limit. The limit now is 16 megabytes. I just received it yesterday 
so I haven't had time to play with it.

Its called Word Solution Engine.

some of its features:

	No 32k limit
	Fast editing display of large text files
	Multiple Font, styles, and point sizes
	Script manager support
	Quickdraw color support (don't know what that means old style color?)
	"UserStyles" hooks provided to customize characters. (pictures I think)
	Printing Support 
	File I/O
	scrap support
	low level hooks
	Tabs
	Res version for Code resources (da's,xcmds and such) & linkable Version
	available for C,Pascal or Assembly
	developed by Gary Crandal
	
The above was taken fron their flyer. I bought is solely for the no 32k limit.
A lot of times you just need a quick and dirty editor added to an application
you are writing and it needs to go beyond the 32k limit. (the Mews stack
and net news reader could use this library for example).

They've been trying to sell this thing to me for a while but I said it was 
useless to me unless it was handled more than 32k. It also was a lot more 
expensive before. It was $600 per application that you included it in.
Now its $300 one time licensing fee. No limit to the number of applications you
can include this in.

There are a lot of hooks that are included in the library so you 
or dataPak can creat modules to expand it. One they are working on
is a module for displaying pictures within the text.

If you are interested call Pam B. Smith at (800) 327-6703
and tell her I told you about it on the net.

I have no connection with the company except as a soon to be
happy customer if this thing really works as they say.


Also Martin Minow Has published his Trackedit TE replacement
in MacTutor Feb and March issues. Source code is in C. You
have to contact Martin if you want to include it in a Commercial
application.


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