Re: Implementing Meta File information in Linux

Larry McVoy (lm@bitmover.com)
Tue, 01 Sep 1998 11:52:52 -0600

:
: Hi,
:
: 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.

And for revisioning, the source control system I'm building is a library
and i'll link it into your editor and make you revision automagically.

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