diff --git a/README.org b/README.org index 2905b55..751e420 100644 --- a/README.org +++ b/README.org @@ -27,18 +27,33 @@ GNU Emacs 23 and 24 are supported. M-x vlfi PATH-TO-FILE +** Unicode + Emacs' Unicode support is leveraged so you'll not see bare bytes but -characters decoded as if the file is normally opened. Same holds for +characters decoded as if file is normally opened. This holds for editing, search and indexing. +** Bignums + Regular Emacs integers are used, so if you have really huge file and -Emacs doesn't have bignum support, VLFI will choke. +Emacs doesn't have bignum support, VLFI will probably not quite work. + +** Memory control *vlfi-batch-size* bounds the memory used for all operations. +** Special mode + VLFI is derived from special mode and keeps all its properties. For example you can directly press digits to enter prefix arguments. +** Changing major mode + +You can temporarily change major mode to whatever you like. Just +*don't save*! Turn to *vlfi-edit-mode* first (may need to mark buffer +as modified if needed). And you can return to *vlfi-mode* too if you +haven't changed anything. + * Detail usage ** Controlling batch size