ASCII editor

[Joel Hammer]

I am unclear by the use of the terms "editor" and "edit" in your letter.
These imply changing the document.
If you just want to view the document, something like "less" might be ok.
Or, you could enscript the ascii file to postscript and view the file with
gv.
Or, you could make them pdf, too.
You could just change permissions on these file to forbid anyone to write to
them.
And, I would generate md5sum's on all these files and keep them in a safe
place,eg, md5sum files > safefile.
Or, just put originals of these files somewhere and let people only read
copies, and then cp the originals over the copies at regular, short
intervals.
Just what are you doing?
Joel
On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 06:55:16PM -0400, Harry G wrote:
> I am in need of a editor that will edit ascii files with no changes 
> being made.
> 
> Most editors tend to add things.  This is to be used for transcripts of 
> court cases, and can not change them in ANY way when opened or saved.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Harry G
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