Editing BinHex (section)

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'''BinHex''', originally short for "binary-to-[[hexadecimal]]", is a [[binary-to-text encoding]] system which was used on the [[classic Mac OS]] for sending binary files over [[email]]. BinHexed files take up more space than the original files, but avoid [[data corruption]] by software that is not [[8-bit clean]].