# iOS text editor that handles LARGE files?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-text-editor-that-handles-large-files/606573>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 17, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-text-editor-that-handles-large-files/606573 "2011-12-17T21:16:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-text-editor-that-handles-large-files/606573/1 "2011-12-17T21:16:31Z")

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I have tried a dozen or more different iOS text editors for my 2nd generation iPod Touch, and every one I’ve tried bogs down to unusability when a text file gets above a certain size. The thing is, the processor and the memory in my iPod Touch is far more powerful than most of the computers I used in the 80s and 90s. So, what the Hell? Is there any particular reason no iOS programmer cannot figure out how to write an efficient editor?

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2011, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-text-editor-that-handles-large-files/606573/2 "2011-12-18T06:58:37Z")

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Have you tried Evernote?

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**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2011, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-text-editor-that-handles-large-files/606573/3 "2011-12-18T07:58:28Z")

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> [@xash](#):
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> Have you tried Evernote?
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> [http://www.evernote.com/about/download/iphone/](http://www.evernote.com/about/download/iphone/)

I’ve seen that page, but if it is a text editor, that functionality is WAY down on the list. I’m looking for something that specifically handles megabyte or larger text files quickly and efficiently.

Right now I have ReaddleDocs, and it bogs down as I start pasting more than 60k of text into one file. This is just stupid.

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**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-text-editor-that-handles-large-files/606573/4 "2011-12-18T15:05:04Z")

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vim?

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**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-text-editor-that-handles-large-files/606573/5 "2011-12-18T17:33:15Z")

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> [@fubbleskag](#):
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> vim?

Is there a version of VIM that runs on an iPod Touch?