[A83] Re: TitanASM

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Subject: [A83] Re: TitanASM
From: Gavin Olson <gtolson@snet.net>
Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 17:52:39 -0400
In-Reply-To: <3f.147e5d7d.28221524@aol.com>
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>The source files will be separate external programs, often backed up into
the 
>archive, and the compiled programs will be separate programs created in Ram 
>that wont be archived unless done manually. The source data cannot be stored 
>to the app because the app remains in archive and cant be written to.  I 
>suppose there might be a lot of writeback, but I will try to come up with a 
>good system to do the rearchiving infrequently but still keep the source 
>protected.  When you are typing code, that is done in Ram, but source will
be 
>backed up before major events like compiling the program for execution, and 
>quitting the app; also perhaps before entering one of the external utility 
>programs that must be executed in Ram. For the utility code/data (such as a 
>sprite editor), Ram space needs to be freed anyway to accomidate this 
>program, so the source file will be updated in FlashRom, thus requiring 
>another Archive to occur. However, if source files are split up into several 
>small files (maybe 1K each) and all are included in the project file, then 
>the app wont need to handle and move larger sections of source at once.
Thus, 
>a small enough source file could stay in Ram whenever you are dealing with 
>utilities, and not have to be rearchived until you decided to quit or build 
>the program.
>
>-Jason

You might just have a 'Save' key to backup to archive.

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[A83] Re: TitanASM

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