bug#43231: 27.1; hexl-insert-hex-char on an empty file "hexl-current-address: Point is not on a character in the file".

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> 4. M-x hexl-insert-hex-char
>> 5. e
>> 6. Nothing is written into the buffer and the message buffer says
>> "Point is not on a character file".
>
> hexl-mode doesn't support adding or deleting characters, it only
> supports replacing them.

The error message could be more helpful, though?

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no