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   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 7 Feb 2025 21:50:41 +0100, Arno Welzel wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Or if the editor is smart and doesn’t assign special meanings to   
   particular byte values, like interpreting certain bytes as denoting   
   “newline” or “string terminator”.   
      
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