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From: boyd@cs.unca.edu (Mark Boyd)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Editor that can handle BIG files wanted ...
Summary: MSDOS Editor for big files - tedit2.arc is buggy MSDOS 5.0 Edit won't
Message-ID: <1991Jul1.031328.25896@rock.concert.net>
Date: 1 Jul 91 03:13:28 GMT
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I like to edit files.ls from wuarchive ( about 5 MB after I reformat it ),
so I'm always intested in editors that will handle large files. This topic
comes up regularly in this group, and the suggestions that get posted often
refelect the fact that the posters don't check their own assertions before
they post. I check them after they post.

The editor that I got with DOS 5.0 ( edit.com which uses qbasic.exe )
will not edit a large file. It gave me an out of memory error. So don't
buy DOS 5.0 for that editor! On the other hand you probably should buy
it, it is a real improvement although it does slow my system.

Another suggestion, tedit2.arc from wuarchive, does edit large files,
and it is reasonably fast. Unfortunately it seems pretty buggy. It
crashed several times when I used it. I discarded it because I have a
better alternative for editing large files. I use Borland's Sprint. It
isn't as fast as t, but it doesn't crash nearly as often. Of course it
is also a commercial product.

	Mark