into hex. This is useful if you visit a file normally and then discover
it is a binary file.
- Ordinary text characters overwrite in Hexl mode. This is to reduce
+ Inserting text always overwrites in Hexl mode. This is to reduce
the risk of accidentally spoiling the alignment of data in the file.
-There are special commands for insertion. Here is a list of the
-commands of Hexl mode:
+Ordinary text characters insert themselves (i.e., overwrite with
+themselves). There are commands for insertion of special characters
+by their code. Most cursor motion keys, as well as @kbd{C-x C-s}, are
+bound in Hexl mode to commands that produce the same effect. Here is
+a list of other important commands special to Hexl mode:
@c I don't think individual index entries for these commands are useful--RMS.
@table @kbd
@item C-M-x
Insert a byte with a code typed in hex.
+@item C-M-a
+Move to the beginning of a 512-byte page.
+
+@item C-M-e
+Move to the end of a 512-byte page.
+
@item C-x [
Move to the beginning of a 1k-byte page.