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From: andyp@gvgpvd.GVG.TEK.COM (Andy Peterman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: TEXT File madness
Message-ID: <1459@gvgpvd.GVG.TEK.COM>
Date: 8 Jan 90 17:50:49 GMT
References: <10308@zodiac.ADS.COM> <10882@attctc.Dallas.TX.US>
Reply-To: andyp@gvgpvd.GVG.TEK.COM (Andy Peterman)
Organization: Grass Valley Group, Inc.; PVD
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In article <10882@attctc.Dallas.TX.US> ltf@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Lance Franklin) writes:
>What's needed is a general purpose file lister that works with TEXT-type
>files...It should have no file-length limits, work with a non-proportional
>font (and perhaps look at the first few k's of the file to determine the
>size of the font for the best line length for the file), should have a
>horizontal slider for those extra-long lines, include a string-search
>capability and a hex display option...oh, and a couple of different filters
>for the input would be nice...an ansi-control filter, a bit-8 filter and
>a non-printable character filter would do the job.

Take a look at MacTREE Plus.  It does almost everything you ask (no
filters).  It will also view some formatted text files (MacWrite, Word)
picture files (MacPaint, PICT) and others. 


	Andy Peterman