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Editing Binary Files with Vim

When I saw Tim Pope’s excellent vim-afterimage script, it reminded me that Vim is completely capable as a binary file editor. Opening a file with -b or running :set binary makes Vim more suitable for editing binary files:

  • textwidth and wrapmargin are…