Reply to note from Bob Newell <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Thu, 29 Oct 2026 06:51:56 -1000 Bob, > It DID load the file which in itself is already a major achievement. > Moving around, such as from to top to bottom or especially in > reverse, was sluggish Big-file performance is optimized for UTF-8, although CP437 files perform nearly as well. I'm able to navigate around a 4 GB test file in either encoding with no issues. In your example, the "ish" in "textish" may account for the sluggishness. -- Carl Distefano cld@xxxxxxxxxx