Editing BinHex (section)

== BinHex 4 file format ==

A BinHex file may begin with any text content, followed by a line which indicates the format of the file, and that binary data is about to begin: ''(This file must be converted with BinHex 4.0)''. The text preceding that line is ignored when the file is converted out of BinHex format.{{sfn|Faltstrom|Crocker|Fair|1994}}{{sfn|Lewis|1991}}

The binary data is encoded to 7-bit ASCII characters, with three bytes of input (24 bits) divided into four 6-bit values, in a similar fashion to [[Base64]] encoding but using a different set of characters. 
The encoded data has a colon ({{code|:}}) placed before and after it, and is split into lines of a maximum of 64 characters in length.{{sfn|Faltstrom|Crocker|Fair|1994}}

=== Example of a BinHex-encoded file ===

{{pre|(This file must be converted with BinHex 4.0)

<nowiki>:</nowiki>$f*TEQKPH#jdCA0d,R0TG!"6594%8dP8)3#3"!&m!*!%EMa6593K!!%!!!&mFNa
KG3,r!*!$&[rr$3d,BQPZD'9i,R4PFh3!RQ+!!"AV#J#3!i!!N!@QKUjrU!#3'[q
3"&4&@&483N)f!3#Xaj6bV-H8mJ!!!B3!N!0"!*!$[3#3!cR@iiY)!*!'[I%4!!J
Fp$X%X3@J!mZE6!GRiKUi$HGKMf0U61S46%i1"AB!TI,fLl!d1X3RDDE8ALfTCbM
8UP9p4iUqY-0k4krHpk9XK@`rbj2Ti'U@5rGH@+[fr-i4T6-qXpfl26,k!H5$Nml
TIkI'(l3GI4)f8mII&01CNEbC2LrNLBeaZ1HG@$G8!Z6"k)hh,q9p"r6FC*!!Se"
(ic,Pd(4(b`pflKC`H1&JN5)GVX3mREdH55[l`%`Yhp%q092c`A(hPV)!83Dr&f4
$$L#I1aM-"VjqV-q$34KQq6$M$f8#,Zc,i),!(`*ZN!$K$rS!LA%3cL+dYi"@,K(
Z"`#3!fKi!!!:
}}