From: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
To: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: virtual file buffer spanning multiple physical files
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2010 21:56:39 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wrq02u0o.fsf@mail.jurta.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87bp7diz5z.fsf@lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:46:32 -0500")
> On a LUG mailing list I saw a request for a way to edit multiple
> physical files through one virtual file. The solution recommended was
> to use FUSE.
FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) is useful for writing virtual filesystems,
but it's not a system for virtual files :) You can use FUSE to write
a filesystem that allows to edit multiple physical files through
one virtual file.
> I was thinking that would actually (with some folding
> magic) be extremely useful in Emacs. There are many cases where I edit
> multiple small files and have to switch back and forth to see their
> contents. Also, search-and-replace would be easier.
>
> Is there any existing mode that does that kind of virtual join?
We considered such a mode some time ago in
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/120943
Maybe this multi-file mode (a buffer with multiple files) could be
implemented like a multi-mode mode (a buffer with multiple major modes).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-02 20:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-01 17:46 virtual file buffer spanning multiple physical files Ted Zlatanov
2010-10-01 18:15 ` Chong Yidong
2010-10-02 20:56 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2010-10-03 12:43 ` Ted Zlatanov
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