gmurray@ibmpcug.co.uk (G Murray) (04/19/91)
I can't comment on Epsilon, but the main problem that I have noted with both Brief and EMACS is that they can't handle Nulls. Brief seems to manage every other possible byte value in a file except for 0x00. Graham Murray -- Automatic Disclaimer: The views expressed above are those of the author alone and may not represent the views of the IBM PC User Group. --
ralf+@cs.cmu.edu (Ralf Brown) (04/21/91)
In article <1991Apr18.204216.6994@ibmpcug.co.uk> gmurray@ibmpcug.co.uk (G Murray) writes: } I can't comment on Epsilon, but the main problem that I have noted with }both Brief and EMACS is that they can't handle Nulls. Brief seems to manage }every other possible byte value in a file except for 0x00. Epsilon has absolutely no trouble with any character; just type ^Q^@ for 0x00. -- {backbone}!cs.cmu.edu!ralf ARPA: RALF@CS.CMU.EDU FIDO: Ralf Brown 1:129/3.1 BITnet: RALF%CS.CMU.EDU@CMUCCVMA AT&Tnet: (412)268-3053 (school) FAX: ask DISCLAIMER? Did | It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's I claim something?| what we know that ain't so. --Will Rogers
nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) (04/23/91)
In article <1991Apr18.204216.6994@ibmpcug.co.uk> gmurray@ibmpcug.co.uk (G Murray) writes:
I can't comment on Epsilon, but the main problem that I have noted with
both Brief and EMACS is that they can't handle Nulls.
Note that the EMACS Graham is talking about is not Freemacs. Freemacs
doesn't engage in gratuitious file munging (like line limits and character
set limits). Freemacs can edit binary files.
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