Editing large text files (above 1Gb of size)

Recently I've began working with considerably sized text files that cannot be edited with the regular text editors such as plain notepad or notepad plus.

To keep on working, I found Cream (http://cream.sourceforge.net). This editor is free and handles fairly well files of larger dimension. It is supported across multiple Operative Systems, I could use VIM but I really prefer to use big round buttons and menus to get my work done.

Albeit the cream editor allows you to change big files, it is not a magic bullet and you should be prepared to wait some time until your changes are saved back to the file on disk.

Having said this, I think the tool is really worth to try out.

:)
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4 comments:

  1. UnknownApr 20, 2011, 5:36:00 PM

    Hi,
    Have you tryed HiEditor (http://www.winasm.net/)?

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  2. BritoApr 21, 2011, 7:55:00 AM

    Thank you for the suggesting. I went to try it out and I like the overall look. But testing on the same text file it noticeably slower than Cream and doesn't even load the whole file at once as the other editor does.

    Sorry..

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  3. UnknownApr 23, 2011, 5:23:00 PM

    No way! Vim rules :)

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  4. BritoApr 24, 2011, 2:09:00 PM

    Well, real programmers don't use Vim, they use butterflies.

    Here is how it is done: http://goo.gl/AWNDc

    :)

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