GNU bug report logs - #43231
27.1; hexl-insert-hex-char on an empty file "hexl-current-address: Point is not on a character in the file".

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Message #27 received at 43231 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Daniel Martín <mardani29 <at> yahoo.es>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 43231 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 sheleztt <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#43231: 27.1; hexl-insert-hex-char on an empty file
 "hexl-current-address: Point is not on a character in the file".
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2020 00:10:54 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
> Feel free to suggest a better message.

Is there any operation that hexl-mode provides that makes sense when the
buffer is empty? If not, then maybe we could refuse to enable hexl-mode
in an empty buffer, and print a descriptive message.

--
Daniel Martín

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