Bug#567041: [Patch] xxd: Fix lossy reverse conversion

[Bram Moolenaar]

James -

> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Bram Moolenaar <Bram at 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

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