[ale] hex editing in vim

[me at FultonGreen.com (Fulton Green)]

In a nutshell, filter your data through the xxd utility.  The command-line
directive
  :%!xxd
converts a file to hex, and
  :%!xxd -r
converts it back. Did you try
  :help hex
?

On Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 03:48:32PM -0400, Ben Phillips wrote:
> A second ago I hit a wrong key or two in vim, and found myself in a hex
> editor -- which wasn't at all what I meant to do, but darned if that isn't a
> neat feature!  Can anyone tell me what I did to invoke that?  I can't
> remember, and I can't find any mention of it in the help.
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