From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f46e9f8b0c4ee5c0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: John McCabe Subject: Re: Binary Files in Text Editor Date: 1998/11/11 Message-ID: <72bth6$pdo@gcsin3.geccs.gecm.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 410670245 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <72aiik$c1u$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Avatar Computer Consultants Limited Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-11-11T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: robinsoj@my-dejanews.com wrote: >Is it possible to view binary files with a text editor or do you always >have to convert the binary file into a text file? You could try using Emacs. Load the file into Emacs and then enter hexl-mode. >Also, is there a Web site where I can get more information on >Sequential_IO and what it does? This is defined fairly clearly in Section A.8 of the ARM -- Best Regards John McCabe --------------------------------------------------------------------- Marconi Electronic Systems Simulation & Training Division ===================================================================== Not necessarily my company or service providers opinions. =====================================================================