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From: bob@ns.UUCP (Bob Mathias)
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Subject: Re: editors for huge files
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Date: 4 Feb 91 03:14:00 GMT
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In article <1991Feb1.003823.4969@mks.com> andy@mks.com (Andy Toy) writes:
>Try vi.
I couldn't think of a poorer editor for large files than vi!  The vi's I've
used on 386 systems have real small limits for things like deleting (
I believe it was around 5000 to 6000 lines).  I also believe that the
buffers are also limited.  

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