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I use a text editor for my long to do list, and wish to keep record of what items get removed off it. However, don't want to have multiple copies of the 1/4Mb file existing on storage media. Is there any text editor that will only save the changes since a base copy (I would keep this editor up 24/7, if that helps the "Which file would it use for a base copy?" question)

Would also be nice if this program was capable of facilitating a large undo/redo history.

Does a open source and/or freeware option exist?

user66001
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I think such an editor, even if it existed, would be rather in danger of losing the file, and the files could not be easily read the resulting file, so it wouldn't be a true text document.

It is not exactly a text editor, but you need a git or mercurial (hg) repository to do all these things. To track files locally there are only a few commands you would need, so it would not be that big of a learning curve.

To me a longer Undo would only be useful if it persisted across sessions, and version control gives you this too (back up to or compare changes on any previous commit.)

Sublime Text is a popular editor that supports git-tracking plug-ins.

Add git to your To Do list. Another few bytes won't be noticed...

Other ideas. If storage is your utmost priority you could use a google doc or Dropbox file. Make them store it and you can use their revision history.

beroe
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