From: Al Chou (Al_Chou@cyberdude.com)
Date: 27 Aug 99, 12:35 EST
From: Al Chou <Al_Chou@cyberdude.com>
Subject: Re: Undo across saves
>At 10:18 PM -0400 8/26/99, Al Chou wrote:
>
>>With the naivete of someone who hasn't looked at the details, I'm going to
>>make a suggestions. Could this feature be implemented with the help of the
>>backup-file feature?
>
>That might be a way. The problem is that the undos need to get stored
>somewhere. Backup doesn't do that. Worse, the undo stack is purged in the
>core code every time you save. Changes to the core are therefore necessary.
>It could be as trivial as removing that purge, but I doubt it.
>
>I don't mean to give the impression that this is impossible. It's not. The
>CodeWarrior IDE supports persistent undo and I like it. It's just not
>something that can be done in three lines of Tcl.
>
>__________________________________________________________________
> Jonathan E. Guyer
> <http://www.his.com/jguyer/>
Yeah, I was worried about where to store the undo history, myself. I have
to agree that just removing the purge isn't likely to implement this
feature; it'll have to be re-designed into Alpha's core.
Al
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