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Yeah, it’s large file performance is unparalleled. As well as the way it does search and replace. As I said, it’s not my primary editor, but if I need to handle a large file, it’s where I start and end.



I used it to edit 4GB text/sql files in the year 2000. Still something I use it for, because no other editor I'm aware of does it in a usable way.




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