Hi, On 25 Aug 2022, at 9:41, Paul Dufresne via Freedos-devel wrote:
> While thinking about 64k limit for edit... I come to think about 16 bits and > 32 bits programs... > the 64kb limit is an artificial limit in the source code of the "edit" tool: https://gitlab.com/FreeDOS/base/edit-freedos/-/blob/master/SOURCE/EDIT/EDIT.C /* check file size */ if (sb.st_size > 64000UL) { ermsg = DFmalloc(strlen(FileName)+100); /* alloc fixed 0.7a */ strcpy(ermsg, "File too large for this version of Edit:\n"); strcat(ermsg, FileName); ErrorMessage(ermsg); free(ermsg); return; } The program "edit.exe" is compiled in the "large" memory model, it *should* be able to use the whole available DOS memory, at least more than 64kb. Maybe it's time to remove that limit from the tool. Greetings Carsten _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
