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On Fri, 31 May 2024 12:14:19 -0500, BGB wrote:

> Though, one thing that makes sense for text editors is if only the
> "currently being edited" lines are fully unpacked, whereas the others
> can remain in a more compact form (such as UTF-8), and are then unpacked
> as they come into view (say, treating the editor window as a 32-entry
> modulo cache or similar).

That may make sense if you are implementing a *text* editor, like the vi/
vim family. Remember that Emacs is usable for editing things other than 
text.