On 08/08/2011 03:00 PM, Warp wrote:
> Orchid XP v8<voi### [at] devnull>  wrote:
>> On 08/08/2011 02:46 PM, Warp wrote:
>>> Orchid XP v8<voi### [at] devnull>   wrote:
>>>> I wouldn't use a hex editor to edit text any more than I'd use a text
>>>> editor to edit binary.
>>>
>>>     Why not?
>
>> Because typing "banana" is way, way easier than typing "62 61 6E 62 6E
>> 62". Obviously.
>
>    Yes, because people use hex editors to edit plain ascii text.
>
>    You still didn't answer my question: Why don't you want the same program
> supporting both text editing and hex editing?

I said that I wouldn't use a hex editor to edit text.

Now, if there was a single program that had decent support for text 
/and/ binary editing, then sure, I'd use that.

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