Re: Creating a system file as an array of bytes?

[John Darrington]

On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 08:27:53AM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote:
     On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 05:23:05PM +0200, John Darrington wrote:
     > On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 07:53:07AM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote:
     >      On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 07:35:38AM +0200, John Darrington wrote:
     >      > Do we have an api which can create a system file as an array of 
uint8_t ?
     >      > So far as I can tell it's only possible to use a file_handle, 
which has
     >      > to be associated with a filename.o
     >      
     >      It's not currently supported, but if it would be useful then I could
     >      work on that.  Do you have a use case?
     > 
     > 
     > There are a number of items in the bug tracker which all relate to 
deficiencies
     > in the cut-and-paste of variables and data between and/or within sheets.
     > 
     > My idea was to use the sav format on the clipboard as a transport format.
     > I haven't fully thought out the details so perhaps there is a better way.
     
     OK.  I don't think it's going to be a huge amount of work, so I'll try
     to get to it soon.

Thanks.
     
     I assume that you will also need the corresponding API to read a system
     file from an array of bytes?

Yes.

J'

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