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<p>But due the number of C NTS functions used in Geany</p>
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<p>Have you actually checked how many functions used in Geany would be affected? I haven't, but I ask because it might be worth actually checking to see, maybe it's not so many more as one might assume.</p>
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<p>As for editing it, I have yet to see a real use-case for editing such files in a text editor/IDE</p>
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<p>The obvious one that comes to mind is actually fixing the file by removing the NUL, which IIRC Scintilla helpfully displays using a special little icon/glyph.</p>

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