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[PATCH] gnu: Add VBinDiff.

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From: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: 32391 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#32391] [PATCH] gnu: Add VBinDiff.
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2018 07:01:35 +0200

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Hi Leo,

On Tue,  7 Aug 2018 18:36:31 -0400
Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name> wrote:

> I'm not sure which module to put this in!

> +++ b/gnu/packages/patchutils.scm

Sounds good, as long as we don't introduce harmful module cycles.

> +    (description "Visual Binary Diff (VBinDiff) displays files in hexadecimal
> +and ASCII (or EBCDIC).  It can also display two files at once, and highlight the
> +differences between them.  It works well with large files (up to 4 GiB).")

Maybe mention the command (@command{vbindiff}) ?

Otherwise LGTM!

I also tested it--kinda reminds me of the hex editors of old :)

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