NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #1/NN_1993_1.iso/spool/comp/os/linux/23473

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From: [e-mail] (Janne Himanka)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Binary editors (Was: Re: gcc 2.3.3 & libc.so.4.2)
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Date: 10 Jan 93 15:57:15 GMT
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In-Reply-To: [e-mail]'s message of Sat, 9 Jan 1993 19:36:23 GMT

>>>>> On Sat, 9 Jan 1993 19:36:23 GMT, [e-mail] (Jan Nicolai Langfeldt) said:

> I heard about using emacs to edit binary files, is it the only
> method?

    Jan> Emacs is exelent for binary editing :). Just make sure
    Jan> you don't change the length of anything (put something in
    Jan> for all the bytes you delete, and don't add any bytes).
    Jan> And be sure to keep a backup of the program >:)

You can do this, of course, but a much more flexible way is to use a
dedicated binary editor, so you can also add bytes. I use beav
(compiled it myself), and it is very nice. It looks a lot like emacs.
It lets you view files in a number of different formats and there are
many useful things you can do with it that you can't easily do with an
ordinary editor. The only problem I have with beav is that it insists
on using a 80x24 screen, even in a 90x45 xterm.

Janne
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