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Encoding Snips

The generalized notion of a snip allows new snip types to be defined and immediately used in any buffer class. Also, when two applications support the same kinds of snips, snip data can easily be cut and pasted between them, and the same data files will be readable by each program. This interoperability is due to a consistent encoding mechanism that is built into the snip system.

Graceful and extensible encoding of snips requires that two issues are addressed:

Snip classes, snip data, and snip data classes solve problems related to encoding and decoding snips. In an application that has no need for saving files or interoperable cut-and-paste, these issues can be safely ignored.




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