> no, but the whole file is read.  additionally, many 32-bit offsets are used.
>
> (cf. Range, Block, Disk, Buffer.cqi Elog, File.ntext, Text, Expand, in 
> acme/dat.h)
>
> i don't think it would be that hard to modify acme to handle large files,
> but you'd have to convince it to not read the entire file preemptively to
> make this a useful feature.

that's not true.  it's still useful even with the temporary copy.
and the temporary copy makes sure things aren't changing
out from under acme's feet.

russ

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