NWP fails to open very large text files
Posted: 2009-10-04 05:57:13
Hi. I'm new to the Forum.
I have been using a very large dictionary file (over 17 Mb) for a number of years. It is currently in .txt format and I open it quite easily with TextWrangler. Word will handle it, but screws up my Unicode chrs. I haven't fiddled with all the alternatives but I seem to remmeber it would open with Neo Office as well.
I used to opern the file with Nisus under System 9 - it took a little longer to load, but otherwise was quite functional, and all sorts of searches and modifications were possible. Under MacOS 10, there was a brief respite under 10.4: clunky, but functional.
Since Mac OS 10.5 this has been impossible: though I have 4 Gb of RAM and a fairly fast machine (2.8 Mhtz), it simply takes too long too be of any use, and sometimes NWP will freeze up. Now I have migrated to 10.6 and the latest upgrade of NWP. But the file is still too big to be used. Hopeless.
Does anyone have any suggestions? It would be nice to modify the dictionary file with GREP patterns, etc. TextWrangler does many things but nothing fancy enough, and no font formatting.
Alex
I have been using a very large dictionary file (over 17 Mb) for a number of years. It is currently in .txt format and I open it quite easily with TextWrangler. Word will handle it, but screws up my Unicode chrs. I haven't fiddled with all the alternatives but I seem to remmeber it would open with Neo Office as well.
I used to opern the file with Nisus under System 9 - it took a little longer to load, but otherwise was quite functional, and all sorts of searches and modifications were possible. Under MacOS 10, there was a brief respite under 10.4: clunky, but functional.
Since Mac OS 10.5 this has been impossible: though I have 4 Gb of RAM and a fairly fast machine (2.8 Mhtz), it simply takes too long too be of any use, and sometimes NWP will freeze up. Now I have migrated to 10.6 and the latest upgrade of NWP. But the file is still too big to be used. Hopeless.
Does anyone have any suggestions? It would be nice to modify the dictionary file with GREP patterns, etc. TextWrangler does many things but nothing fancy enough, and no font formatting.
Alex