Re: [MacPerl] file size limit

[Vicki Brown <vlb@cfcl.com>]

At 09:05 -0600 8/17/99, george rosenberg wrote:
> i would like to work on files with ~ 100,000-250,000 characters.
>
> these files are too large for macperl.

too large for TextEdit (the MacPerl "editor")

>
> is there a way to work around this problem?

Use a "real" editor ;-)  Alpha or BBEdit recommended.
Set the editor helper in Internet Config to this other editor to get a new
menu in MacPerl.

>
> what is the file size limit for macperl?

The file size limit for TextEdit is 32K.

The file size limit for MacPerl... is probably as much memory as you give
it :-)
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