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   Carlos E.R. to Lawrence D'Oliveiro   
   Re: Clever helpful suggestion for portab   
   07 Feb 25 10:30:12   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-02-07 06:57, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Thu, 6 Feb 2025 23:58:04 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2025-02-06 21:57, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I have done direct editing of binary data in Emacs.   
   >>   
   >> And I have done so in MsDOS times with primitive text editors, just   
   >> because that was what I had. To change some string.   
   >   
   > Did they preserve null characters in the file?   
      
   Interesting question. Depends on what editor, that character would end   
   the string. Dunno, that was long ago, but considering I got away with   
   "editing" some files, it must have worked.   
      
   One of the editors I may have used was "ted.com" from PC Magazine.   
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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