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title: "Gap Buffer"
date: 2024-07-06T21:27:19+01:00
draft: false # I don't care for draft mode, git has branches for that
description: "As featured in GNU Emacs"
tags:
- algorithms
- data structures
- python
categories:
- programming
series:
- Cool algorithms
favorite: false
disable_feed: false
---

The [_Gap Buffer_][wiki] is a popular data structure for text editors to
represent files and editable buffers. The most famous of them probably being
[emacs].

[wiki]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gap_buffer
[emacs]: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Buffer-Gap.html

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