Hi David, Yes, most editors get brutally slow when navigating really huge files of hunderds of megabytes. Some editors take forever to read the file. Some editors bring the file up fast but take forever to jump to the end of the file or to search the file. UltraEdit has always been so fast it seems miraculous.
Dennis McGrath --- "David M. Blocker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dennis > > I get the advantage of the file compare you are describing, but this > text is > a little unclear: > > "Also, unload a really large database and read it with UltraEdit, > navigating > to the bottom and back to the top, and then try it with RBEdit. You > may > find you have some more work to do. The speed of UltraEdit is > amazing. " > > Is your point that it takes UltraEdit less time to navigate to the > end of > the file and back to the top? > > David Blocker > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 781-784-1919 > Fax: 781-784-1860 > Cell: 339-206-0261 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dennis McGrath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 7:18 AM > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: unloading views 6.5++ DOS > > > > Razzak, > > > > Checking out products that your customers use along with RBase will > > give you more ideas! A proactive approach rather than a reactive > > approach is the difference between being a leader or a follower. > > > > The file compare feature is so absolutely amazing that you have to > see > > it! At work I have a local copy of the RBase application on which > I do > > mods and testing. To avoid inadvertently stepping on myself, I > compare > > the two versions of a file before starting on any changes. It is > so > > cool to read the two files side by side with the differences > > highlighted. The confidence factor goes way up. There is a button > to > > switch between seeing the complete files or just the differences. > > > > Also, unload a really large database and read it with UltraEdit, > > navigating to the bottom and back to the top, and then try it with > > RBEdit. You may find you have some more work to do. The speed of > > UltraEdit is amazing. In fact it has been amazing for years, > working > > fast on PCs that were just a shadow of what we use today. > > > > Remember how long it took me to get you to try RStyle? Once you > tried > > it you had to have it. I think you will find these two features of > > UltraEdit are in the same ballpark. They would be invaluable to > > implement in RBEdit. > > > > Dennis McGrath > > > > > >Have you ever tried UltraEdit? If not, you are in for a > > > >surprise. > > > > > > Why in the world would I do that when we can implement > > > anything our lovely customers demand? We do our best to > > > > --- RBASE-L > > ================================================ > > TO POST A MESSAGE TO ALL MEMBERS: > > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > (Don't use any of these words as your Subject: > > INTRO, SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, SEARCH, > > REMOVE, SUSPEND, RESUME, DIGEST, RESEND, HELP) > > ================================================ > > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: INTRO > > ================================================ > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: > > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: UNSUBSCRIBE > > ================================================ > > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: SEARCH-n > > (where n is the number of days). In the message body, > > place any > > text to search for. > > ================================================ > > > > > >
