> 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
