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From: oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Editing large (> 32K) files
Keywords: TextEdit replacement
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Date: 23 Mar 89 06:11:03 GMT
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If you can find a copy of Think C's CAPPS', it will do what you want. I
bought a copy, and I've been happy with it.  It is perfectly appropriate
for implementing editors that edit program text.  Even if you don't use
it, you might consider examining a copy just to compare the data
structures with Text Edits.

It is also quite reasonable to use a group of text edit records: treat
Text Edit as a paragraph engine.  At one time, Apple recommended
this approach when the Mac was released, and so long as you don't try to
use the hooks to force it past the breaking point, you'll be fine.

In particular, if you want unix style tabs, don't use text edit (unless
you do what I do: use a private font of spacing characters to simulate
tabs.)

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