A few years ago I had to research text editors designed to handle files >200 MB. Vim, which I love, wasn't up to the job. Here's what I found (sorry, I don't seem to have the links at my fingertips; also this is partly based on 4-year old memories):
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* EmEditor: This was very impressive. The speed is breathtaking for what it does, and it can handle advanced functions such as column operations on the full file with ease. We chose this and users were very happy; it transformed their abilty to work with large text files.
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THese were on our shortlist to test next but we didn't get to them due to available time and EmEditor's fantastic results:
* VEDIT: Designed for large files. They charge for it, IIRC, but based on its reputation it is worth the investment.
* The Semware Editor (TSE): Also a great reputation
A few years ago I had to research text editors designed to handle files >200 MB. Vim, which I love, wasn't up to the job. Here's what I found (sorry, I don't seem to have the links at my fingertips; also this is partly based on 4-year old memories):
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* EmEditor: This was very impressive. The speed is breathtaking for what it does, and it can handle advanced functions such as column operations on the full file with ease. We chose this and users were very happy; it transformed their abilty to work with large text files.
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THese were on our shortlist to test next but we didn't get to them due to available time and EmEditor's fantastic results:
* VEDIT: Designed for large files. They charge for it, IIRC, but based on its reputation it is worth the investment.
* The Semware Editor (TSE): Also a great reputation
* 010 Editor: http://www.sweetscape.com/010editor/
* PilotEdit: http://www.pilotedit.com/
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Also of interest:
* File Query: Treats file as a database, enabling parsing, queries; very flexible and powerful, per reviews: http://www.agiledatasoftware.com/
* PDT-Windows: A database editor which reputedly has a max filesize of 18 EB (exabytes)
* bvi: Binary VI
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Finally, , some excellent resources
* http://texteditors.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?CategoryLargeFileHand...
* http://www.knudvaneeden.com/links/file/addactivity/computer/...