[HPADM] Re: Text editor for large files

From: caszonyi@rdslink.ro
Date: Mon Jul 04 2005 - 16:17:55 EDT


On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 kevinjk@ix.netcom.com wrote:

> Does anyone know of a text editor(s) that is reliable with large files?
> Running HP-UX 11.11 on J6000/6700/6750/C8000 and I keep getting my butt
> kicked by users that are sometimes unable to open and/or save their large
> files in dtpad. Typically happens with files 20+ MB. Sometimes the same
> file will open and save just fine and other times they get "unable to save
> <filename> Unknown reason: possibly not enough disk space" when attempting
> to save. Had cases open with HP and our swap space, tmp space, maxdsize
> specs, etc. are all fine with what they recommend though they do
> acknowledge that it is a known issue with large files and that dtpad
> wasn't intended for large files. Nothing to do with lack of home
> directory space either. HP suggested emacs but that won't be available to
> us much longer. Thanks in advance.
>

I used vim http://www.vim.org to open large files
mcedit from the mc (midnight commander) package
If you need a gui editor maybe nedit is good enough for you
www.nedit.org

--
?
--
             ---> Please post QUESTIONS and SUMMARIES only!! <---
        To subscribe/unsubscribe to this list, contact majordomo@dutchworks.nl
       Name: hpux-admin@dutchworks.nl     Owner: owner-hpux-admin@dutchworks.nl
 
 Archives:  ftp.dutchworks.nl:/pub/digests/hpux-admin       (FTP, browse only)
            http://www.dutchworks.nl/htbin/hpsysadmin   (Web, browse & search)


This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.7 : Sat Apr 12 2008 - 11:02:48 EDT