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Re: map-file-lines
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joakim |
Subject: |
Re: map-file-lines |
Date: |
Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:59:07 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
>> I would like to add my voice in requesting "large file" capability in
>> Emacs. I wanted it many times over the years, but always coped-out into
>> some other editor for this.
>
>> A common example is hex-editing a large binary file, or finding some
>> text in some enourmous log-file.
>
> I don't se how such a "line-at-a-time" or "chunk-at-a-time" processing
> (i.e. stream processing) will enable Emacs to let you conveniently edit
> a large binary file.
Maybe like this:
- find where you want to edit, by searching chunk-at-a-time
- display a buffer of this chunk
- edit it
- save the chunk back into the file
This could behave conceptually like narrowing. Obviously not perfect,
but better than not being able to edit large files at all.
>
>
> Stefan
>
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Joakim Verona
- map-file-lines, Ted Zlatanov, 2009/02/02
- Re: map-file-lines, Stefan Monnier, 2009/02/02
- Re: map-file-lines, Stefan Monnier, 2009/02/02
- Re: map-file-lines,
joakim <=
- Re: map-file-lines, Stefan Monnier, 2009/02/02
- Re: map-file-lines, joakim, 2009/02/03
- Re: map-file-lines, Stefan Monnier, 2009/02/03
- Re: map-file-lines, Richard M Stallman, 2009/02/04
- Re: map-file-lines, Ted Zlatanov, 2009/02/04
- Re: map-file-lines, Richard M Stallman, 2009/02/05
- view/edit large files (was: map-file-lines), Ted Zlatanov, 2009/02/06
- Re: view/edit large files, Ted Zlatanov, 2009/02/06
- Re: view/edit large files, Miles Bader, 2009/02/06
- Re: view/edit large files, Ted Zlatanov, 2009/02/09