Re: [dev] [sbase] [ed] A couple of notes

From: Michael Forney <mforney_AT_mforney.org>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 15:02:04 -0700

On 2020-03-17, Cág <ca6c_AT_firemail.cc> wrote:
> There are a couple things I've come across the
> sbase's version of ed:
> 1. w doesn't print the byte count. Suppose a sample
> ed session (using P to distinguish my input from ed's
> output):
> % ed
> P
> *a
> milk
> bread
> eggs
> meat
> veggies
> bananas
> apples
> .
> *w list
> *q
> %
> 2. I guess using ed for huge files is not really a good
> idea, however the sbase ed cannot open a 750MiB 3.5m lines
> CSV file, while the GNU version can. Probably has to do
> with the limits set.
>
> As always, I'm very pleased working with sbase and want to
> thank everybody responsible for making it.

Hi Cág,

Thanks for the bug reports. As Hiltjo said, it would be very helpful
if you could supply a patch for these issues. I think at least the
first one should be pretty easy to fix.

If not, feel free to use the tracker I mentioned in my other reply to
make sure these issues are not forgotten.
Received on Sat Mar 21 2020 - 23:02:04 CET