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>>>>> On Fri, 20 Nov 1992 07:10:44 GMT,
>>>>> macrakis@osf.ORG (Stavros Macrakis) said:

> Incremental saves would be far cheaper, and Emacs already has the
> information to do them, in the form of undo data.  So why not save the
> undo data instead?  (except for buffers backed up by copying)  To
> protect against file deletion, a #-link could be made to the base
> file.  Of course, there is still the danger of the file being modified
> in place by someone else.

Well, as far as I understand, Emacs works with plain ASCII files that every
text editor can read. As soon as we start using this incremental save feature
we're no longer compatible to the rest of the world.

But, if there is an ISO standard about this, well, then I think it's worth
considering. BTW, I find these auto-saves of large buffers annoying, too.

	\Kai
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