Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!mcvax!botter!ast From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Request for information about editors Message-ID: <1535@botter.cs.vu.nl> Date: Thu, 23-Jul-87 05:23:03 EDT Article-I.D.: botter.1535 Posted: Thu Jul 23 05:23:03 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 05:32:57 EDT Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) Distribution: world Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam Lines: 21 I have a small confession to make. Actually, I have hinted at this before, but I have never come right out and said it. I don't actually use MINIX myself, except when testing MINIX. The reason is that for non-MINIX work, I frequently need to edit files up to about 200K bytes, and the MINIX editor can only handle files that fit in its address space, about 45K. Consequently, I normally use jove running on PC-IX. Has anyone ported jove to MINIX? That would be very nice. How about micro Emacs? Has anyone tried modifying mined to handle larger files (it's not trivial or I would have long done it)? Does anyone have or know of any other screen editor that can handle large files and runs on MINIX or could be made to? Please post any information you have about editors for large files. If nothing exists and anyone feels inspired to modify mined to use a temporary file instead of keeping everything in core, that would be greatly appreciated. I might even start using MINIX myself. Who knows what that would lead to. Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)