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Gap buffer

A gap buffer in computer science is a dynamic array that allows efficient insertion and deletion operations clustered near the same location. Gap buffers are especially common in text editors, where most changes to the text occur at or near the current location of the cursor. The text is stored in a large buffer in two contiguous segments, with a gap…

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Gap buffer

Nodes14
Edges13
Triples15
Avg. degree1.86
Density0.142857
Components1

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related to External links · 8
Gap buffer → An, CBrief, Emacs, First, Flexichain, Gap Buffers, Implementation, Ropes
see also · 5
Gap buffer → Bravo, Dynamic, Linked, Microsoft Word, Piece

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gap text buffer new operations cursor buffers use array first data insertion deletion near location especially common editors changes large

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linked listsinstance ofcompared to more sophisticated data structures0.80text
Emacsinstance ofThis makes the gap buffer a simpler alternative to the rope for use in text editors0.80text
Gap bufferrelated to External linksImplementation0.60section
Gap bufferrelated to External linksCBrief0.60section
Gap bufferrelated to External linksFirst0.60section
Gap bufferrelated to External linksEmacs0.60section
Gap bufferrelated to External linksFlexichain0.60section
Gap bufferrelated to External linksAn0.60section
Gap bufferrelated to External linksGap Buffers0.60section
Gap bufferrelated to External linksRopes0.60section
Gap buffersee alsoDynamic0.60section
Gap buffersee alsoLinked0.60section

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