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From: svc@well.UUCP (Leonard Rosenthol)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Editing large (> 32K) files
Summary: Well...
Keywords: TextEdit replacement
Message-ID: <11081@well.UUCP>
Date: 24 Mar 89 23:42:52 GMT
References: <538@phoibos.UUCP>
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In article <538@phoibos.UUCP>, ge@phoibos.UUCP (Ge Weijers) writes:
> What is the best way to go when writing a text editor in the Mac that
> needs only normal, basic features as style-less TextEdit provides.
> The catch is that the editor must be able to edit files that are
> quite a bit larger than 32K. I can imagine two approaches:
> 
> - write a simple TextEdit replacement (a lot of work reinventing the wheel)
	This is always a good solution, but you are right it is reinventing
the wheel.

> - try to use multiple TEHandles, a tricky ClickLoop etc.
	This should work, I have recommended it to people before and they have
have been able to implement it, but I personally have not tried it.

> other suggestions
	If Symantec had not removed it's CAPPS' package from the market, I would
have recommended it, and if you can find a copy - BUY IT!   It is a nice TE
replacment for programming tasks as it does not word wrap.
	
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