Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!wuarchive!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!isgate!krafla!einari
From: einari@rhi.hi.is (Einar Indridason)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: Text editor.
Message-ID: <2366@krafla.rhi.hi.is>
Date: 31 Oct 90 10:31:38 GMT
References: <1574@umriscc.isc.umr.edu>
Reply-To: einari@rhi.hi.is (Einar Indridason)
Organization: University of Iceland (RHI)
Lines: 17

In article <1574@umriscc.isc.umr.edu> mcastle@mcs213f.cs.umr.edu (Mike Castle) writes:
>Does anyone know of a good text editor that can handle VERY large files (on
>the order of 1 to 5Meg (don't ask why :-))?  I know of the serveral ftp sites,
>but I can't tell from the descriptions given in the index files at simtel20
>if any there can do spill files and I didn't want to have to ftp ALL of them	just to try them out.  Right now I'm stuck using EDLIN which is rather slow.
>I've tried PCTOOLS editor in PCSHELL, but that's not much better.	

Dare I say 'edlin'? :-)


edlin keeps text on disk

--
Internet: einari@rhi.hi.is        |   "Just give me my command line and throw
UUCP: ..!mcsun!isgate!rhi!einari  |   the GUIs in the waste basket!!!!"

General Surgeons warning:  Masking the 8th bit can seriously damage your brain!!