share text in diff files, database, registers, soft links for regions

[Uwe Brauer]

>>>>> "Marcus" == Marcus Harnisch <marcus.harnisch at gmx.net> writes:

   >> 
   >> [...]
   >> 
   >> There is no way to have *some* of the text of one buffer shared with
   >> another one.  It would be possible to emulate this via a feature
   >> called indirect buffers (which share the text of the parent direct
   >> buffer) and invisible text but this has not been done AFAIK.

   > Many years ago I experimented with a feature that I called indirect
   > extents. Text is not really shared as in "using the same bits in
   > memory", but copied back and forth.

   > See http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.xemacs.design/1077

   > 2. Synchronizing the undo lists in each buffer drove me nuts!

Ah right, if you copy that might be a big problem.

   > You can have the code if you are interested.


Thanks, that would be nice, I would very much like to give it a try.


Uwe