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<h4 class="subsection">4.9.3 Binary</h4>
<p><a name="index-Binary-141"></a><a name="index-Binary-files-142"></a>
Syntax: <code>Binary [0|1]</code><br>
Abbreviation: <code>B</code>
<p class="noindent">sets the binary flag. When this flag is true, loading and saving a
document is performed in a different way. On loading, only nulls are
considered newlines; on saving, nulls are saved instead of newlines. This
allows you to edit a binary file, fix some text in it, and save it without
modifying anything else. Normally, line feeds, carriage returns and nulls are
considered newlines, so that what you load will have all nulls and carriage
returns substituted by newlines when saved.
<p>Note that since usually binary files contain a great number of nulls, and every
null will be considered a line terminator, the memory necessary for loading a
binary file can be several times bigger than the length of the file
itself. Thus, binary editing within <code>ne</code> should be considered not a
normal activity, but rather an exceptional one.
<p>If you invoke <code>Binary</code> with no arguments, it will toggle the flag. If you
specify 0 or 1, the flag will be set to false or true, respectively. An upper
case ‘<samp><span class="samp">B</span></samp>’ will appear on the status bar if the flag is true.
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