[Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/emacs-23 r100316: * lisp/mail/binhex.el: Improve commentary (Bug#7482).

[Chong Yidong]

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revno: 100316
committer: Chong Yidong <address@hidden>
branch nick: emacs-23
timestamp: Fri 2010-12-17 19:16:10 +0800
message:
  * lisp/mail/binhex.el: Improve commentary (Bug#7482).
modified:
  lisp/mail/binhex.el

=== modified file 'lisp/mail/binhex.el'
--- a/lisp/mail/binhex.el       2010-01-13 08:35:10 +0000
+++ b/lisp/mail/binhex.el       2010-12-17 11:16:10 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-;;; binhex.el --- elisp native binhex decode
+;;; binhex.el --- decode BinHex-encoded text
 
 ;; Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
 ;;   2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
 
 ;;; Commentary:
 
+;; BinHex is a binary-to-text encoding scheme similar to uuencode.
+;; 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.
+
 ;;; Code:
 
 (eval-when-compile (require 'cl))