martinayotte wrote:...needing to merge files manually with ArduinoIDE...
oh oh, sound like hard stuff for a linux-idiot like me
especially, when there is no HowTo
You are sure, it is not integrated yet?
here: https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino there is talked about SPIFFS under "License and credits"
ESP8266 Arduino add-on
Arduino IDE 1.6.5