Question

I want to use a algorithm to reduce memory used to save the particular text file.I don’t really know how text is stored but i have an idea in mind.

Would it be better to extend a open source text editor (if yes than which one) or write a text editor myself.

It would be nice if someone could also give me a link or tutorial to some basics on how text editors work and the way data is stored.

Edited to add

To clarify, what I wanted to do is instead of saving duplicates of a word make a hash table and store the address where it needs to be placed.

That way I wouldn’t be storing the duplicates.

This would have become specific to a particular text editor.

Update

thanks everyone I got what all of you’ll are trying to say. Anyways all i wanted to do is instead of saving duplicates of a word make a hash table and store the address where it needs to be placed.

This was i wouldn’t be storing the duplicates.

Yes and this would have become specific to a particular text editor. never realized that.

Answer 1

I want to use a algorithm to reduce memory used to save the particular text file

If you did this you would no longer have a text editor, but instead you would have created some sort of binary file editor.

The whole point of the text file format is that it is universal, meaning any text file can be open in any other text editor.