Function: image-mode-as-hex

image-mode-as-hex is an interactive and byte-compiled function defined in image-mode.el.gz.

Signature

(image-mode-as-hex)

Documentation

Set hexl-mode as major mode in combination with image minor mode.

A non-mage major mode found from auto-mode-alist or fundamental mode displays an image file as hex. image-minor-mode(var)/image-minor-mode(fun) provides the key C-c C-x (image-toggle-hex-display) to switch back to image-mode to display an image file as the actual image.

You can use image-mode-as-hex in auto-mode-alist when you want to display an image file as hex initially.

See commands image-mode and image-minor-mode(var)/image-minor-mode(fun) for more information on these modes.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/image-mode.el.gz
(defun image-mode-as-hex ()
  "Set `hexl-mode' as major mode in combination with image minor mode.
A non-mage major mode found from `auto-mode-alist' or fundamental mode
displays an image file as hex.  `image-minor-mode' provides the key
\\<image-mode-map>\\[image-toggle-hex-display] to switch back to `image-mode' \
to display an image file as
the actual image.

You can use `image-mode-as-hex' in `auto-mode-alist' when you want to
display an image file as hex initially.

See commands `image-mode' and `image-minor-mode' for more information
on these modes."
  (interactive)
  (image-mode-to-text)
  (hexl-mode)
  (message "%s" (substitute-command-keys
                 "Type \\[hexl-mode-exit] to view the image as an image")))