Scott K wrote: > While helpful for viewing command line interpretations of differences, the > linked articles don't solve the problem of storing binary versions of text > files. How did the technology community reach the conclusion that a > compressed XML file is the best solution to open data interchange without > coming up with tools for version control to support them?
Yeah this is the main problem with these hacks. They don't address the core need. > It would be nice if these programs allowed for uncompressed usage. I've often thought that a fuse module would be nice for this kind of things. You could keep your files uncompressed in folders, but the FUSE mount would show them as normal zip files. Would be slow though, since to open the file, you'd have to first zip the real files, and then the app would have to unzip them! iWork really rocks that it lets you store its documents in uncompressed bundles. Maybe we could hack this into OpenOffice. -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
