On Tue, 1 Sep 1998 04:39:01 -0400 (EDT), Kenneth Albanowski
<kjahds@kjahds.com> said:
> On Tue, 1 Sep 1998, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 31, 1998 at 11:54:51PM +0200, poipoi@famipow.com wrote:
>> > do i miss something ? why the solution of using elf chunk has been given
>> > up ? only user space, dont need change in cp,tar, etc..., and perhaps
>> > even not in exe loader.
>> > in my opinion, it is a good solution.
>>
>> What if the base file isn't ELF?
> Specifically, what if I want my .c files to retain editor state and
> revision history transparently? (That's my current grail.)
Store it in .editor-state/myfile.c or some similar place.
Alternatively, the editor can keep a ~/.editor-history file to keep it.
This can be solved in user space without any new filesystem semantics.
--Stephen
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