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Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:12:14 -0500
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On 01/25/2013 12:54 PM, Neil Cerutti wrote:
> On 2013-01-25, Leonard, Arah <Arah.Leonard@bruker-axs.com> wrote:
>> Though, that said, I have used Notepad and Wordpad any number
>> of times in the past to edit Python files, all without bringing
>> the universe to an untimely end.  Even used DOS Edit once.  You
>> use what you have at the time.  A good craftsman never blames
>> the tools.  ;)
>
> DOS Edit was great for quick edits. The file size limit is a
> pity, though.
>

I once had to write a text editor that would run in a 32k machine 
without a disk drive.  The editor had to fit in RAM with the data, so 
the text files were limited to 320 lines.

-- 
DaveA