[TxMt] ascii/binary

[Chad Dombrova]

>
>> [...] is there a way to create an ascii/binary hybrid file-type  
>> that textMate understands so that i can edit the ascii without  
>> ruining the binary data?
>
> No, TextMate is not intended to be able to edit binary data without  
> potential mangling.

as a convention, every 8 bytes of binary data is placed on a new line  
between a grave accent character ( ` ), which makes the binary data  
more predictable.

a small chunk of binary might look like this inside a text editor  
(hopefully that comes through ok in your mail program):

`?¯­óA9À`
`?¹btArË`
`?¹0{Aj¡`

would it be possible to write a module that would allow textMate to  
ignore data between a given delimiter ( in this case ` ), treating it  
as binary instead of ascii?

-chad