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sampullman 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Writing my own text editor, and daily-driving it

That's true for code editing, but it's nice to not have to reach for a different solution when editing huge files. Sometimes I like to open up big log files, JSON test data, etc.

oneeyedpigeon 4 months ago | [–]

Do you actually edit big log files?

spongebobstoes 4 months ago | | [–]

I interactively pare down log files to just the parts I need. I rarely save the result

mejutoco 4 months ago | [–]

I am always surprised even vim chokes on files with one massive line. That could be a useful optimization too.

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