audit038@spacm1.spac.spc.com (12/12/90)
I need the ability to scroll thru more than 32000 characters in textEdit. I once saw a discussion on this on Compuserve, something about using buffers and swapping text in and out of textEdit records. Anyone have ideas on this or know where I can find source code? Thanks in advance. -- John Coffman
Lawson.English@p88.f15.n300.z1.fidonet.org (Lawson English) (12/16/90)
audit038@spacm1.spac.spc.com writes in a message to All
A> I need the ability to scroll thru more than 32000 characters
A> in textEdit [...] Anyone have ideas on this or know where I
can find source code?
MacTutor recently had an article (with sources) to do this by replacing the
TEdit calls with ones that handle up to 2^32 bytes. I can't find it offhand,
but I believe that the author frequents this board, so he will probably answer
in depth (if not, I'll find the mag and post a reference).
Lawson
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Internet: Lawson.English@p88.f15.n300.z1.fidonet.orgminow@mountn.dec.com (Martin Minow) (12/17/90)
In article <32576.276B8C23@stjhmc.fidonet.org> Lawson.English@p88.f15.n300.z1.fidonet.org (Lawson English) writes: >audit038@spacm1.spac.spc.com writes in a message to All > >A> I need the ability to scroll thru more than 32000 characters >A> in textEdit [...] Anyone have ideas on this or know where I >can find source code? > >MacTutor recently had an article (with sources) to do this by replacing the >TEdit calls with ones that handle up to 2^32 bytes. I can't find it offhand, >but I believe that the author frequents this board, so he will probably answer >in depth (if not, I'll find the mag and post a reference). The article appeared in Feb + March 1990 MacTutor. It will probably re-appear in their year-end collection. Rather than type the code in and debug it (and discover that it intentionally does not include data-management algorithms), I would recommend that you look at one of the commercial products (these are advertised in MacTutor). These have the advantage of support (if something goes wrong, the company has a certain obligation to fix it) and a better data storage mechanism. The code I wrote handles large file sizes very slowly. It is probably most useful as an example of what you have to do to implement a minimal text editor. Martin Minow minow@bolt.enet.dec.com
lemke@radius.com (Steve Lemke) (12/19/90)
audit038@spacm1.spac.spc.com writes in a message to All }I need the ability to scroll thru more than 32000 characters }in textEdit [...] Anyone have ideas on this or know where I }can find source code? Funny thing you should ask. I just received (in this morning's mail) an ad from DataPak Software for a package called Word Solution Engine. It's a TextEdit replacement for Mac Developers. Here are the main features: - No 32K limit - Fast editing/display of large text files - Multiple fonts, styles, and point sizes - Script Manager support - Quickdraw color support - "User Styles" (hooks provided to customize characters) - Low Cost As an "introductory offer" the object code is $300, and can be accessed from Pascal, C, or Assembly. Their number is (800) 327-6703, or you can FAX them at (206) 573-9269. Their address is 9317 N. E. Highway 99, Suite G, Vancouver, WA 98665, and normal voice phone is (206) 573-9155. DISCLAIMER: I know NOTHING about the above package, other than it sounds like it might be what you're looking for. I've never used it, I've never seen it, and I only this morning got an ad in the mail for it. --Steve -- ----- Steve Lemke, (now in) Software Engineering, Radius Inc., San Jose ----- ----- "I'm not a UNIX wizard, but I play the Postmaster at radius.com." ----- ----- Reply to: lemke@radius.com (radius!lemke@apple.com works too!) -----
dmac@athena.mit.edu (David S. McCormick) (12/20/90)
In article <32576.276B8C23@stjhmc.fidonet.org> Lawson.English@p88.f15.n300.z1.fidonet.org (Lawson English) writes: > MacTutor recently had an article (with sources) to do this by replacing the > TEdit calls with ones that handle up to 2^32 bytes. I can't find it offhand, > but I believe that the author frequents this board, so he will probably answer The author is Martin Minow and his articles are in MacTutor v6, nos. 2 & 3 (Feb & Mar 90), Mouse Track and Field, Parts 1 & 2.