From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: reading/writing binary data in structured form Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:43:25 -0700 Message-ID: <001301c8a7bc$a5dc5630$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> References: <20080426.160513.247304034.wl@gnu.org><001201c8a7a8$e730f9b0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <20080426.171820.251095449.wl@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1209228277 29603 80.91.229.12 (26 Apr 2008 16:44:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:44:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: "'Werner LEMBERG'" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 26 18:45:12 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JpnWO-0007pO-4g for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:45:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52567 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JpnVh-0004gt-VW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:44:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JpnVL-0004eX-UW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:44:03 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JpnVH-0004cd-Ef for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:44:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40924 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JpnVG-0004cW-SS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:43:58 -0400 Original-Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JpnVB-0003dG-Fl; Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:43:53 -0400 Original-Received: from rgmgw2.us.oracle.com (rgmgw2.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.111]) by agminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id m3QGhpIn002611; Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:43:52 -0500 Original-Received: from acsmt351.oracle.com (acsmt351.oracle.com [141.146.40.151]) by rgmgw2.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.2.4) with ESMTP id m3QCxPGI021276; Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:43:51 -0600 Original-Received: from inet-141-146-46-1.oracle.com by acsmt351.oracle.com with ESMTP id 3660892621209228200; Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:43:20 -0700 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/141.144.72.241) by bhmail.oracle.com (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:43:19 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <20080426.171820.251095449.wl@gnu.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 Thread-Index: AcinsM3dcyoieH24TeSsQWsS0CeXLAAC3M+w X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:53561 Archived-At: > > > does there exist a major mode which allows definition of templates > > > so that editing of binary data can be done in a structured way? > > > > hexl-mode > > You are joking, aren't you? I want *structured* editing... No, I wasn't joking; I was trying to help. It wasn't clear to me from your "in a structured way" that you meant anything like what you describe now. You did not mention that you were familiar with hexl-mode or explain anything about what you wanted that was different.