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   Arno Welzel to All   
   Re: Clever helpful suggestion for portab   
   07 Feb 25 21:50:41   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: usenet@arnowelzel.de   
      
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro, 2025-02-06 21:57:   
      
   > On Thu, 6 Feb 2025 20:22:32 +0100, Arno Welzel wrote:   
   >   
   >> Lawrence D'Oliveiro, 2025-02-06 00:14:   
   >>   
   >>> [Emacs] can edit files containing arbitrary binary data.   
   >>   
   >> It can use extensions which convert binary data to text ...   
   >   
   > Without the help of such extensions.   
      
   Yes, you can just open a file and edit it. If you are lucky, then the   
   file will not get corrupted by this. This is possible with *every*   
   program which does not expect a specific format in the file.   
      
      
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