On 2014-02-18, Tim Chase <python.l...@tim.thechases.com> wrote: > On 2014-02-19 08:49, Chris Angelico wrote: >> > Are you telling me you're willing to search through a single >> > file containing 3,734 lines of code (yes, Tkinter) looking >> > for a method named "destroy" of a class named "OptionMenu" >> >> At my last job, I had a single C++ file of roughly 5K lines, and >> it wasn't at all unmanageable. Probably wouldn't have been a >> problem to have another order of magnitude on that. What sort of >> wimpy text editor are you using that you can't find what you're >> looking for in a single large file? > > Even the venerable "ed" handles files of those sizes without batting > an eye. I just opened a 2MB XML file (50k lines) in ed and jumped > all around in it with no trouble at all. It's as simple as > > 1;/class OptionMenu/;/def destroy/ > > in most cases. If your editor can't help you do simple things like > that, I recommend you find an editor that is at least as good as > ed. :-)
You think you're joking, but there are lot of editors that aren't. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! RELATIVES!! at gmail.com -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list