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| author | Phillip Rulon <pjr@gnu.org> | 1999-10-09 01:19:36 +0000 |
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| committer | Phillip Rulon <pjr@gnu.org> | 1999-10-09 01:19:36 +0000 |
| commit | 330bd7c39b44338d31d6c72a0bca8c1b475cddb3 (patch) | |
| tree | 72f2bd4abef69d8c2592fe0692e098a28830cd37 /lisp/hexl.el | |
| parent | 62f1e1cd5997194fa774063ea79af8973caf85a1 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-330bd7c39b44338d31d6c72a0bca8c1b475cddb3.tar.gz | |
* hexl.el (hexl-mode): Do nothing if already in hexl mode.
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/hexl.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/hexl.el | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/hexl.el b/lisp/hexl.el index 4a5d12c28e9..e5d55b43ca4 100644 --- a/lisp/hexl.el +++ b/lisp/hexl.el @@ -122,8 +122,10 @@ and \"-de\" when dehexlifying a buffer." ;;;###autoload (defun hexl-mode (&optional arg) - "\\<hexl-mode-map> -A major mode for editing binary files in hex dump format. + "\\<hexl-mode-map>A mode for editing binary files in hex dump format. +This is not an ordinary major mode; it alters some aspects +if the current mode's behavior, but not all; also, you can exit +Hexl mode and return to the previous mode using `hexl-mode-exit'. This function automatically converts a buffer into the hexl format using the function `hexlify-buffer'. @@ -189,13 +191,11 @@ into the buffer at the current point. Note: saving the file with any of the usual Emacs commands will actually convert it back to binary format while saving. -You can use \\[hexl-find-file] to visit a file in hexl-mode. +You can use \\[hexl-find-file] to visit a file in Hexl mode. \\[describe-bindings] for advanced commands." (interactive "p") - (if (eq major-mode 'hexl-mode) - (error "You are already in hexl mode") - + (unless (eq major-mode 'hexl-mode) (let ((modified (buffer-modified-p)) (inhibit-read-only t) (original-point (1- (point))) |