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Update README: VLFI is now development version of VLF.

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* View Large Files Improved * View Large Files
An Emacs mode that allows viewing, editing and searching in large An Emacs mode that allows viewing, editing and searching in large
files in chunks. Batch size can be adjusted on the fly and bounds the files in chunks. Batch size can be adjusted on the fly and bounds the
memory that is to be used for operations on the file. memory that is to be used for operations on the file.
This mode builds on the bare bones GNU ELPA vlf.el. It adds the This is development version of the GNU ELPA [[http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/vlf][vlf.el]] package. Here's
following improvements: what it does in a nutshell:
- proper dealing with Unicode
- regular expression search on whole file (in constant memory - regular expression search on whole file (in constant memory
determined by current batch size) determined by current batch size)
- chunk editing (if size has changed, saving is done in constant - chunk editing (if size has changed, saving is done in constant
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VLFI is derived from special-mode and keeps all its properties. For VLFI is derived from special-mode and keeps all its properties. For
example you can directly press digits to enter prefix arguments. example you can directly press digits to enter prefix arguments.
** Changing major mode ** Change major mode
You can (temporarily) change major mode to whatever you like (for You can change major mode to whatever you like (for example
example hexl-mode). Saving will insert contents as intended. You can hexl-mode). Saving will insert contents as intended. You can return
return to *vlfi-mode* too. to *vlfi-mode* too.
* Detail usage * Detail usage
** Controlling batch size ** Control batch size
*+* and *-* control current batch size by factors of 2. *+* and *-* control current batch size by factors of 2.