[Bug 4748] New: enhance vi applet to allowing viewing/editing arbitrarily large files

[bugzilla at busybox.net]

https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=4748

           Summary: enhance vi applet to allowing viewing/editing
                    arbitrarily large files
           Product: Busybox
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P5
         Component: Other
        AssignedTo: unassigned at busybox.net
        ReportedBy: bobbagwill at gmail.com
                CC: busybox-cvs at busybox.net
   Estimated Hours: 0.0


Rather than attempting to read the entire file into memory, the vi applet could
load the file in chunks.  This could be the default behavior or an option. This
would allow viewing/editing arbitrarily large files while using a fixed amount
of memory.

My primary use case is dealing with large log files after a crash. I want to be
able to boot my forensic tool on a memory-constrained box, search for and
cut-n-paste relevant log file entries.

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