Re: hexl-mode vs. repeated lines

[Stefan Monnier]

> Even venerable od(1) can put *'s in so we don't have to waste screen
> space with repeated lines,
> 0037540 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
> *
> 0046300 2ff6 0251 094c 0d08 0050 0900 ba2f e87c
> 0046320 2f80 0251 094c 0d08 0050 0900 ba2f e87c

> But does hexl-mode do that?

Not that I know.

> At least its documentation doesn't give such hope. 10000 identical lines
> vs. one little "*"!? Ought to be a toggle or some narrow to region or
> something. At least document what to do.

That would definitely be a new feature if it were added to hexl-mode.  I do
like it, tho.  Patches welcome for Emacs>22


        Stefan