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Subject: What is "gap" in buffer_text?
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Date: Fri, 2-Jan-87 16:13:00 EST
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I have been reading the GNU Emacs sources and have a question.  What is a
"gap" in the context of the buffer_text structure (defined in buffer.h)?  I
cannot quite figure out what is going on.  Can anyone out there explain the
gap to me?


                                    David Hammerslag
                                    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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