Re: More vis(3) options

[Emmanuel Dreyfus <manu%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Sat, Jul 09, 2011 at 04:42:02PM +0200, Jean-Yves Migeon wrote:
> I don't know about hexdump, but what about "openssl base64 [-d]" for
> encoding/decoding base64?

I meant using it from a C program: vis(3), not vis(1) :-)
 
> Sure, this doesn't feel as convenient as extending vis(3), but at least,
> you don't have to recode a base64 encoder/decoder.

The tradeoff is that you need to link with -lssl. I am not sure this
sounds reasonable for random programs that need to display binary 
data. 

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Emmanuel Dreyfus
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