[Vimoutliner] Extending VO

[Tim Roberts]

Steve Litt wrote:
> Where this starts to really unravel is in implementing it within Vim. What a 
> monumental task that would be! Also, it might marginalize Windows users 
> because (correct me if I'm wrong) there are no symlinks in Windows.
>   

Actually, the NTFS file system DOES support symlinks.  They use the term 
"junction point".  Almost no one knows about them.  A standard Vista 
system uses them, because they decided to rename the "Documents and 
Settings" directory to the more sensible name "Users".  "Documents and 
Settings"still exists, but it's a junction to "Users".

Unfortunately, junction points can only point to directories, not 
individual files.  NTFS does support hard links for files.

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Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.