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From: sadow@ncsatl.uucp (Scott C. Sadow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Editors and huge files
Message-ID: <1495.25ed41b3@ncsatl.uucp>
Date: 1 Mar 90 15:37:23 GMT
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In article <21402@watdragon.waterloo.edu>, trgauchat@lion.waterloo.edu
(Terry Gauchat) writes:
> In article <9159@stiatl.UUCP> bryan@stiatl.UUCP (Bryan Donaldson) writes:
> }MIght I suggest the Norton Editor?  I know it will work on 2M files
> }as I've used it on 4m files.  You will need enough space on disk 
> }for another copy of the file, but that shouldn't be too much of a
> }problem.
> 
> I think Norton Editor has a problem with long lines.  I don't know
> what the max is, but it has annoyed me a few times!
> 
> 
> ...Terry.

   According to the Norton Editor Documentation, it can handle lines up to 
64k. (I have edited files with lines beyond 32k with no problems)

   (By the way - another good thing about the Norton Editor - it is FAST)

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Scott Sadow			...gatech!ncsatl!sadow