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From: "David C. Hoos, Sr." <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com>
Subject: Re: Binary Files in Text Editor
Date: 1998/11/11
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robinsoj@my-dejanews.com wrote in message
<72aiik$c1u$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>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?  Also, is there a Web site
where
>I can get more information on Sequential_IO and what it does?

Emacs will view/edit binary files, displaying non-printable ASCII characters
as octal escape sequences.  It can handle files at least up to ten
megabytes.
>
Sequential I/O simply writes or reads (according to the mode with which the
file was opened), items of the type for which the instantiation was done.

With Ada95, the combination of tagged types and Stream IO attributes, one
can write and read heterogeneous files, rendering Sequential I/O largely a
relic, in my view.

David C. Hoos, Sr.