RE: Long text file to edit.. (fwd)

1998-07-22 Thread Carlos Marcos Kakihara
27;s for the answers! -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 00:23:59 +0100 (BST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Carlos Marcos Kakihara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Debian List Subject: RE: Long text file to edit.. On 17-Jul-98 Carlos Marcos Kakihara wrote: > I want

RE: Long text file to edit..

1998-07-21 Thread Nelson Posse Lago
On Sun, 19 Jul 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 17-Jul-98 Carlos Marcos Kakihara wrote: > > I want to edit a 700MB text file. > > Ehh?? Are you sure it's 700MB?? And are you sure it's a pure plain text file? > And, if so, have you thought about what that corresponds to? How about this po

Re: Long text file to edit..

1998-07-20 Thread Alexander
998 12:11:13 -0300 (EST) > From: Nelson Posse Lago <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian List > Subject: Re: Long text file to edit.. > Resent-Date: 17 Jul 1998 15:12:31 - > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > On Fri, 17

Re: Long text file to edit..

1998-07-20 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
> > On Sun, Jul 19, 1998 at 12:23:59AM +0100, Ted Harding wrote: > > On 17-Jul-98 Carlos Marcos Kakihara wrote: > > > I want to edit a 700MB text file. vi tells that the file is > > > too long, and xemacs tells that "maximum buffer size something.." :) > > > There is a way to view this

Re: Long text file to edit..

1998-07-19 Thread Ted Harding
On 19-Jul-98 Pann McCuaig wrote: > On Sun, Jul 19, 1998 at 12:23:59AM +0100, Ted Harding wrote: >> On 17-Jul-98 Carlos Marcos Kakihara wrote: >> > I want to edit a 700MB text file. vi tells that the file is >> > too long, and xemacs tells that "maximum buffer size something.." :) >> > T

Re: Long text file to edit..

1998-07-19 Thread Pann McCuaig
On Sun, Jul 19, 1998 at 12:23:59AM +0100, Ted Harding wrote: > On 17-Jul-98 Carlos Marcos Kakihara wrote: > > I want to edit a 700MB text file. vi tells that the file is > > too long, and xemacs tells that "maximum buffer size something.." :) > > There is a way to view this file? > > E

RE: Long text file to edit..

1998-07-18 Thread Ted Harding
On 17-Jul-98 Carlos Marcos Kakihara wrote: > I want to edit a 700MB text file. vi tells that the file is > too long, and xemacs tells that "maximum buffer size something.." :) > There is a way to view this file? Ehh?? Are you sure it's 700MB?? And are you sure it's a pure plain text fi

Re: Long text file to edit..

1998-07-18 Thread Dave Jones
Try "vim" maybe? from "Vim allows you to edit *all* files, and yet recognizes when you do not have the permission to edit a file, showing "[RO]" for "read-only" files. [980101]. " Have never tried a file that big myself. Go to and loo

Re: Long text file to edit..

1998-07-17 Thread Keith Beattie
Carlos Marcos Kakihara wrote: > > I want to edit a 700MB text file. vi tells that the file is > too long, and xemacs tells that "maximum buffer size something.." :) > There is a way to view this file? > If you simply want to view the file and not edit it, I'd try something like "more

Re: Long text file to edit..

1998-07-17 Thread Nelson Posse Lago
On Fri, 17 Jul 1998, Carlos Marcos Kakihara wrote: > I want to edit a 700MB text file. vi tells that the file is > too long, and xemacs tells that "maximum buffer size something.." :) > There is a way to view this file? I never tried, but you may want to check the "beav" or the "le" e

RE: Long text file to edit..

1998-07-17 Thread Lewis, James M.
If vi said lines were too long, then you can not use vi to see all of the file. If vi ran out of tmp space, then try setting TMPDIR env var to point to a place that has up to ?? amount of space. I can't remember if vi needs double the original file space or not. That would mean either 700M or 1.4