On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Thomas Hruska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sigh. I occasionally miss the bittersweet ol' DOS days. There was this
> nifty utility called 'browse.com' that was only a couple K in size. It
> opened very large files as read-only (i.e. it 'browse'd files). It was
> capable of reading files with some ridiculous line-length limit (no
> limit?). Oh, and all actions were instantaneous.
>
> And no one has bothered to make an equivalent utility for Windows*.
>
> If someone is looking for a worthwhile project, THAT is a worthwhile
> project. In some cases, people can care less about editing a text file
> and just want to view the darn thing. Why load a text editor when you
> only need a text viewer?
The less utility on Unix is pretty much like that, you can browse back
and forth through a text file, search for text, etc (it's basically vi
without editing functions). It'll even let you browse through a binary
file. Of course, it runs in a term window and isn't a GUI app. Don't
think it's available for Windows except via CygWin or other Unix-ish
tool kits. It's probably one of the most used tools in my professional
job -- going through huge log files, browsing through code, etc.
-- Brett
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