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From: crowley@unmvax.cs.unm.edu (Charlie Crowley)
Newsgroups: comp.editors,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: editors for huge files
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Date: 30 Jan 91 00:29:03 GMT
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boone@athena.cs.uga.edu (Roggie Boone) writes:
> I am looking for an ASCII editor that will let me edit huge files.
> I have a program file (21000+ lines) that is over 1 megabyte in size and
> I need to edit it, preferably on a PC.  I've tried Personal Editor, Blackbeard
> and Qedit but none of them load the entire file.  The program does not have to
> load all of the program at once (ie. it can use disk swapping as needed)
> although I do have 4 MB of RAM available.
> 
> I would prefer to get PD editors from ftp sites, but I would appreciate
> any info.

I wrote a PC editor called Point that was bundled with the Logitech mouse
for a year or two (no longer, I was replaced by a shell, alas) that uses a
virtual memory-like method and can editor files of any length.  Anyone
who is interested can have the code (it is a bit lengthy 10,000 lines)
or can ftp an .exe file.

I also am preparing an X windows version of the editor which pretty much
works (although there are some bugs that crash it occasionally).  I would
love to have someone else try it out.  It uses the mouse very extensively.
Email me for more info.

Charlie Crowley
Univ. of New Mexico Computer Science Dept.