Re: map-file-lines

[Mathias Dahl]

> > That being said, how would the insert-file-contents solution work in
> > practice?  Has something been done along these lines already?
>
> Can't remember if someone tried it at all, but I don't think anyone has
> gotten very far, no.

This is how far I got:

http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/vlf.el

However, I have seldom had a real need so I cannot really say if it is useful
or not. What I do know is that it hits the roof when the file is
larger than that
integer limit in Emacs, whatever it is. And Richard's UI suggestion could be
used together with this I guess.