From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Igor Saprykin <sheleztt@gmail.com>
Cc: 43231@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43231: 27.1; hexl-insert-hex-char on an empty file "hexl-current-address: Point is not on a character in the file".
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2020 17:15:57 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83tuwbng82.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOzyyiQiWks1fV5COdf9f2UuJQ27ohig3w7T_Ua6VnZUVeJUEQ@mail.gmail.com> (message from Igor Saprykin on Sat, 5 Sep 2020 12:22:42 -0700)
tags 43231 notabug
thanks
> From: Igor Saprykin <sheleztt@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2020 12:22:42 -0700
>
> hexl-mode doesn't seem to allow me to create a binary file.
>
> Steps:
> 1. Open Emacs
> 2. Create a new file using C-x C-f /tmp/boot-sect.bin
> 3. M-x hexl-mode
> 4. M-x hexl-insert-hex-char
> 5. e
> 6. Nothing is written into the buffer and the message buffer says "Point is not on a character file".
hexl-mode doesn't support adding or deleting characters, it only
supports replacing them. E.g., hexl-insert-hex-char _replaces_ the
character at point with what you type. So what you see is what this
mode is supposed to do: it is based on the assumption that the size of
the file you are editing shouldn't be changed.
If you want to create a file from scratch, why do you need hexl-mode?
You can type bytes in hex or octal using C-q.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-09-06 14:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-09-05 19:22 bug#43231: 27.1; hexl-insert-hex-char on an empty file "hexl-current-address: Point is not on a character in the file" Igor Saprykin
2020-09-06 14:15 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2020-09-06 14:40 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-06 14:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-06 22:10 ` Unknown
2020-09-08 14:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-12 15:29 ` Unknown
2020-09-06 17:25 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-06 20:55 ` Igor Saprykin
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