Variable: display-raw-bytes-as-hex

display-raw-bytes-as-hex is a customizable variable defined in xdisp.c.

Value

nil

Documentation

Non-nil means display raw bytes in hexadecimal format.

The default is to use octal format (\200) whereas hexadecimal (\x80) may be more familiar to users.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 26.1.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 26.1.

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/xdisp.c
  DEFVAR_BOOL ("display-raw-bytes-as-hex", display_raw_bytes_as_hex,
    doc: /* Non-nil means display raw bytes in hexadecimal format.
The default is to use octal format (\\200) whereas hexadecimal (\\x80)
may be more familiar to users.  */);