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From: Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM
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Subject: Re: Binary file editor
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Date: 6 Jun 91 22:50:03 GMT
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>>>>> "Allen" == Allen M. Cohen <amc@WLV.IMSD.CONTEL.COM> writes:

Allen> Does anybody know where I can get a public domain Binary File Editor.
Allen> It should be something like "od" with editing capability via the
Allen> arrow keys.

Maybe you could use these packages with GNU Emacs

		   Emacs Lisp Code Apropos -- "hex"


hexl-mode	  89-05-24
     Keith Gabryelski, <ag@cbmvax.commodore.com>
     tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/s-is/misc/hexl-mode.el.Z
     Edit a file in a hex dump format.
hex (1.0)	  89-05-29
     andy@ernie.berkeley.edu, <slcpi!treed, treed@shearson.com>
     tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/as-is/misc/hex.Z
     Binary editing mode.

Plus there was another especially binary editor posted to one of the
sources groups today.