>> You have a 1.5 GB compound document.
>> It contains 3 evenly sized parts.
>> You want to extend the middle part by one byte.
>
> You know perfectly well that this 3-component document will be
> represented not as a file but as a directory, so extending the
> middle part is just as easy as with "forks". Using bogus arguments
> is not a good way to convince people around here.
Fortunately I don't mind trolls. I don't think I have _ever_ seen
a compound document represented as a directory. I know that TeX
users do it sometimes, but they aren't normal users anyway.
Ask a random MBA, art student, or secretary what "TeX" is.
Normal users don't write Makefiles for their documents.
Every directory-based document system has failed for general use.
Directories are containers or "folders", distinct from documents.
Attempts to hide this in a GUI will always fail.
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