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From: nate@mipos2.intel.com (Nate Hess)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Editing binary files with GNU Emacs
Message-ID: <2858@mipos3.intel.com>
Date: 9 Sep 88 21:21:17 GMT
References: <1415@spp2.UUCP>
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In-reply-to: baur@spp2.UUCP (Steven L. Baur)

In article <1415@spp2.UUCP>, baur@spp2 (Steven L. Baur) writes:
>I just discovered that it is perfectly reasonable to edit binary files with
>GNU Emacs.  (I have successfully edited the emacs executable and had it work).

Yes, I, too, have edited a binary or two with GNU Emacs.  Very handy!
One word of caution, however:  it's a very good idea to turn on the
overwrite minor mode in the buffer where the editing is taking place.

--woodstock
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