Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Arno Welzel Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android,alt.comp.os.windows-10,comp.editors Subject: Re: Clever helpful suggestion for portable memory using Windows & Android editors Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2025 20:21:14 +0100 Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <2suv6lxdht.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <6ol17lxpiu.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <6qa47lxamm.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 41mzLyve8V/Igh53h/LfQADACcmi9MYSJ+MtzxO7lFcGgtOtXz Cancel-Lock: sha1:DX+ytqjaAOELaell0U4PhSC4wp8= sha256:RXk30piFCa7VD+CLgWcst4iJhTS+s9pmH3TjOfLMc7o= Content-Language: de-DE In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:146694 alt.comp.os.windows-10:182039 comp.editors:106638 Carlos E.R., 2025-02-05 14:35: [...] > > > 44 Editing Binary Files ¶ > > There is a special major mode for editing binary files: Hexl mode. To > use it, use M-x hexl-find-file instead of C-x C-f to visit the file. > This command converts the file’s contents to hexadecimal and lets you > edit the translation. When you save the file, it is converted > automatically back to binary. As I said - you still edit *text*. There is just an automatic conversion from binary to *text* and then back to binary. But the editor itself still works on *text*. -- Arno Welzel https://arnowelzel.de