aba@asbf-cs.huachuca-emh1.army.MIL (ASBIH-CSC Andersen) (02/10/89)
Applewriter //e (as opposed to Applewriter ][) will handle any size file regardless of memory constraints. This is fully convered in the program documentation (now obsolete), but a few highlights are as follows: Appending data to a file - CTRL-S filename+ (be sure to use the +) You will be asked if you want to overwrite your old file. Anser[D[Dw[C[C yes, it will in fact only append to the file. Editing a file with [D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[Dlarge [C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C unknown contents. - Just load the file like you normally would. You will get the out of memory beep. (the hell with this indentation!) Look at the last line that was pulled into memory. Find a unique set of words that you think will not be replicated elsewhere in the file. Clear memory and type in the following: CTRL-S filename<search parameter< This will search the file for your search parameter and pull all it can into memory starting at the first occurance it finds of your search parameter. You save that data in the same manner (CTRL-S filename<search parameter<). Make sure you do all this with your prefix alread set to the subdirectory you want to be in. The program gets confused with the + and <xx< when using complete pathnames. Above all, experiment on a trash disk first! Hope this helps someone.