Date:         Tue, 19 Mar 1996 19:27:12 +0100
Reply-To:     Andrea Vianello <andrea@CHILD.PEDI.UNIPD.IT>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Andrea Vianello <andrea@CHILD.PEDI.UNIPD.IT>
Subject:      Re: ASCII editor
Comments: cc: Robin_Schectman@unc.edu

  You can try with    PFE editor in  simtel archive
 
 
       /win3/editor/pfe0602.zip
 
 
                Bye bye
 
                                Andrea
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At 12.04 19/03/96 U, you wrote:
>Can anyone suggest a good PC-based ASCII editor?  A group of programmers
>who work with social science and health-related data require an editor to
>view and edit raw data that come from a variety of sources.  Many times
>we do not receive adequate documentation for these data, i.e., file layout
>for fixed format files.  Our wish list of features follows:
>
>- large file size (limited by memory only? - ex. 2 million records)
>- large record length (> 1000 bytes)
>- displays column numbers
>- displays line numbers
>- scrolls from left to right instead of wrap
>- ability to edit non-printable ASCII characters (ex. tab, line feeds)
>- columnar cut and paste
>- mouse support
>- supports non-proportional font
>- Windows clipboard support
>- ability to mark blocks with mouse or line numbers
>- ability to save in DOS/UNIX-Mac formats (CR-LF/CR only)
>- ability to mark location within file and return to marked location
>  ("bookmarks")
>
>Any suggestions will be welcome. Please respond directly to me.
>
>Thank you,
>Robin Schectman (Robin_Schectman@unc.edu)
>Sheps Center for Health Services Research
>
>
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