Re: Fix the destroyed disk image partition table in a raw image file using Emacs.

[Dan Hitt <dan.hitt@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 6:41 AM Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> wrote:

> * Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com> [2021-04-11 16:35]:
> > It's well known that Emacs is an 8-bit clean editor which makes it
> > safe to edit binary files. So, I want to whether I can fix the above
> > destroyed disk image file with Emacs for my scenario.
>
> There is hexl library:
>
> ;; This package implements a major mode for editing binary files.  It uses
> ;; a program called hexl, supplied with the GNU Emacs distribution, that
> ;; can filter a binary into an editable format or from the format back into
> ;; binary.  For full instructions, invoke `hexl-mode' on an empty buffer
> and
> ;; do M-x `describe-mode'.
>
> But I guess you need `hexl' program.
>
> --
> Jean
>

Hi Jean,

hexl-mode works for me on my xubuntu 20.04 system, and i do not have a
program called 'hexl'.

Of course, i don't know if my system is secretly using some other program
which does the same thing as hexl.

dan


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