Quoting Johnh from Feb 28 > Here's the problem. > I am trying to edit a windows registry file > system.reg is 2974173 in size. > > I can edit it, but it's really slow.
I recommend nedit, it deals with large files just fine, and is easy to use if you are used to windows editors, because it uses similar shortcuts. (g)vim nd (x)emacs should do it too, if you want it to be more unixish. > My box is a PIII 800, with 256megs of ram, > so it's not a screamer, but it should be pretty good. yea, it might suffice to do text editing... ;) Peter -- "The Empire never ended." Tractates: Cryptica Scriptura, no. 6 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list