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From: curtaip@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU (Patrick Curtain)
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Subject: Re: editors for huge files
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Date: 28 Feb 91 17:08:14 GMT
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>>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.

Of the programs I've seen mentioned the easiest and most powerful
I know of is Sage Professional Editor. I've had 45,000 lines in a
window and a 1Mg binary file in another with NOoo problems.


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