From: Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: buffer gap
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:01:01 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <barmar-2383D9.00010110122008@mara100-84.onlink.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.2326.1228838084.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
In article <mailman.2326.1228838084.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
"A. Soare" <alinsoar@voila.fr> wrote:
> Can somebody explain me what the buffer gap is useful for ?
>
> I see in elisp manual:
>
> << Insertion works by filling in part of
> the gap, and deletion adds to the gap. Of course, this means that the
> gap must first be moved to the locus of the insertion or deletion.
> Emacs moves the gap only when you try to insert or delete. >>
>
> However, I cannot understand too much. Can somebody explain me the idea ,
> please?
Wikipedia is your friend:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gap_buffer
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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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2008-12-10 5:01 ` Barry Margolin [this message]
2008-12-10 14:05 buffer gap A. Soare
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2008-12-09 15:54 A. Soare
2008-12-09 16:26 ` B Smith-Mannschott
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