[Info-vax] in-memory editing with EDT or EVE

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

On Sat, 23 Nov 2024 07:42:42 -0600, Craig A. Berry wrote:

> On 11/22/24 8:02 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> On Linux systems at least, temporary files are usually created in /tmp,
>> and distros commonly mount an instance of tmpfs on that, so no actual
>> disk files need be created.
> 
> But that is not what git does when staging a commit.

Hmm, git does use special fixed file names like .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG 
and .git/ADD_EDIT.patch for particular editing purposes ... given that 
COMMIT_EDITMSG retains its previous contents, perhaps it doesn’t quite 
count as a “temporary file” ...

I was thinking more about what happens in general when some program 
invokes $EDITOR or $VISUAL to let the user create/edit some text input. It 
is usual to put the file in $TMPDIR.