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diff --git a/lisp/hexl.el b/lisp/hexl.el index a38e12366ee..20e9c161754 100644 --- a/lisp/hexl.el +++ b/lisp/hexl.el @@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ ;;; Commentary: +;; 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'. +;; ;; This may be useful in your .emacs: ;; ;; (autoload 'hexl-find-file "hexl" @@ -74,7 +80,7 @@ and \"-de\" when dehexlfying a buffer.") ;;;###autoload (defun hexl-mode (&optional arg) "\\<hexl-mode-map> -A major mode for editting binary files in hex dump format. +A major mode for editing binary files in hex dump format. This function automatically converts a buffer into the hexl format using the function `hexlify-buffer'. |