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authorStefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>2022-08-02 11:39:56 +0200
committerStefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>2022-08-02 12:15:35 +0200
commit146b3fb769bb3f1fcc339515e90c9970d3a8322f (patch)
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* lisp/mail/binhex.el: Improve commentary.
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@@ -23,9 +23,13 @@
;;; Commentary:
;; BinHex is a binary-to-text encoding scheme similar to uuencode.
+;; It was used on the classic Mac OS, last released in 2001.
+;;
;; The command `binhex-decode-region' decodes BinHex-encoded text, via
;; the external program "hexbin" if that is available, or an Emacs
;; Lisp implementation if not.
+;;
+;; See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BinHex
;;; Code: