James - > On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Bram Moolenaar <b...@moolenaar.net> wrote: > > > > James - > > > >> As described below, xxd doesn't correctly convert free-form hex dumps to > >> their original form. Â Attached patch, from Jean-Baptiste Wons, fixes the > >> issue. > > > > That input doesn't look like postscript form. Â This is a line of > > postscript form: > > > > 74655265616465725f49004d5475746f7269616c5f5f43506572736f6e5f > > > > Looks like the file is not in a supported format. Â If you would really > > like to add this format, the dump must also be added. > > According to xxd's man page: > > Use the combination -r -p to read plain hexadecimal dumps without line > number information and without a particular column layout. Additional > Whitespace and line-breaks are allowed anywhere. > > The last sentence, in particular, seems to indicate that xxd should be > able to handle the format of the file, even if it isn't postscript > format.
Aha, so it's not symmetric. Well, OK then. - Bram -- hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: 210. When you get a divorce, you don't care about who gets the children, but discuss endlessly who can use the email address. /// Bram Moolenaar -- b...@moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org