At Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:04:04 -0500, James Vega wrote: > On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 10:00:15PM +0900, Sugano Yoshihisa(E) wrote: > > from vim(1) > > -b Binary mode. A few options will be set that makes it > > possible to edit a binary or executable file. > > > > But it does not work. > > What doesn't work about it? You haven't provided much information for > me to see why you think it is not acting as intended.
"-b" option is that vim is used as binary editor like a beav(1). view is: 00000000 | 7f454c46 01010100 00000000 00000000 | .ELF............ 00000010 | 02000300 01000000 e09a0408 34000000 | ............4... 00000020 | 182a0100 00000000 34002000 08002800 | .*......4. ...(. 00000030 | 1a001900 06000000 34000000 34800408 | ........4...4... 00000040 | 34800408 00010000 00010000 05000000 | 4............... 00000050 | 04000000 03000000 34010000 34810408 | ........4...4... -snip- but... $ vim -b /bin/ls [EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@4^@ [EMAIL PROTECTED] @([EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@ -snip- If it was old vim, it was not so. vim binary mode is disabled on upstream? If it is so, this bug is document bug. -- Sugano "Koshian" Yoshihisa(E) <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Website: <http://www.misao.gr.jp/~koshian/> PGP fingerprint [6367 2352 3995 214E B954 A1FE 33D9 C918 606F 7C15] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
