Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!gatech!gitpyr!iadt3tb From: iadt3tb@gitpyr.gatech.EDU (T. Terrell Banks) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: large file text editor Message-ID: <3610@gitpyr.gatech.EDU> Date: Wed, 20-May-87 09:38:26 EDT Article-I.D.: gitpyr.3610 Posted: Wed May 20 09:38:26 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 23-May-87 06:02:23 EDT References: <119200008@convexs> <246@uvicctr.UUCP> <334@booboo.UUCP> Reply-To: iadt3tb@gitpyr.UUCP (T. Terrell Banks) Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 39 In article <334@booboo.UUCP> amir@booboo.UUCP (Amir Majidimehr) writes: #In article <246@uvicctr.UUCP>, sbanner1@uvicctr.UUCP writes: #> In article <119200008@convexs>, rotheroe@convexs.UUCP writes: #> #> > Anyone have or know of a text editor which can edit 100-500k (usually ~150k) #> > ascii files. IBM's writing assistant and PC-write both seem to have a 64k #> > limit on file size - ugh - maybe I should have bought a mac (sorry, wrong #> > newsgroup & too early in the morning). #> #> The best one I have come across for that is the version of VI from the #> MKS toolbox. This version is a very complete version of vi (I have seen #> a few buggs, but the version I have is NOT the most recent)..... #It's strange that you recommend this version of VI for this application. #Have you ever run "chkdsk" after editing a file that is bigger than #32K bytes? If not, I recommend that you do that as soon as possible. #The version that you have *will corrupt* your MS-DOS filesystem by -------------- lines deleted ---------------- I'm using a text editor system from Command Technology Corp. called SPF-PC. It is a clone of the IBM SPF editor. The doc states " File size limited only by the capacity of the hard disk or extended/expanded RAM." I just edited a 225K file with no trouble. On an AT this editor is greased-lightening fast, it's just plain fast on slower machines. No trouble or bugs have been found to date and I recommend it highly. They advertise in most PC magazines. T. Terrell Banks Georgia Insitute of Technology Information Systems and Applications 190 Third Street NW Atlanta Georgia, 30332-0185 Internet: iadt3tb@pyr.gatech.edu uucp: ...!{akgua,ihnp4,hplabs,seismo}!gatech!gitpyr!iadt3tb Bitnet: iadt3tb@gitvm1