On Fri, 06 Jul 2001 18:50:37 -0500, L.D. Best wrote:
> Clarence,
> WordStar isn't a text editor. I have been up-against-the-wall with
> large text files before ... too big for EDIT, too big for Qedit, too big
> for any editor I had in my collection.
> That was when Wordstar was put to work in Nondocument mode; but the time
> it takes to work from one section of the file to another can be horrid
> even with a Pentium system. :< You have to remember that WS does not
> use protected mode, and every time you move in the document beyond a
> certain point there are TWO temp files written to the HDD.
> There will *never* be a "perfect" text editor. What is needed is a big
> fat clue stick to remind people that 9Mb files of text are DUMB DUMB
> DUMB! };>
What I do in such cases is to split it up into several smaller files.
--- txtsplit.bat ---
@echo off
c:
if "%2"=="2" goto start
if "%2"=="3" goto start
if "%2"=="4" goto start
if "%2"=="5" goto start
if "%2"=="6" goto start
if "%2"=="7" goto start
if "%2"=="8" goto start
if "%2"=="9" goto start
goto err
:start
md \1temp
cd \1temp
chop31.exe %1 -P%2
frenum.exe *.* %3 1 1
ren *.* *.txt
goto end
:err
echo Usage:
echo txtsplit filename #pieces(2 to 9) prefix_for_finished_files(7 characters max)
echo txtsplit c:\startrek\lists\tng0596.txt 9 tng0596
echo.
echo.
:end
rem insert a section here to start-up your "text editor of choice"
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