Re: [9fans] dumb question

[Richard Miller <miller@hamnavoe.demon.co.uk>]

> For simplicity, I keep all my work in one huge file and use e.g.
> 	#ifdef ED
> 	....
> 	#endif ED
> to extract the specific lines of C source that make up ed when
> i need to work on ed...

This is pretty much the file system structure advocated by
Jef Raskin in The Humane Interface:

"... Documents are sequences of pages separated by document characters,
each typable, searchable, and deletable, just as is any other character.
There can be higher delimiters, such as folder and volume characters,
even section and library delimiters, but the number of levels depends
on the size of the data... An individual who insists on having explicit
document names can adopt the personal convention of placing the desired
names immediately following document characters... If you wanted a
directory, there could be a command that would assemble a document
comprising all instances of strings consisting of a document character,
followed by any other characters, up to and including the first
Return or higher delimiter." (pp 120-121)

-- Richard