-;;; binhex.el --- elisp native binhex decode
+;;; binhex.el --- decode BinHex-encoded text
-;; Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
-;; 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1998-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Author: Shenghuo Zhu <zsh@cs.rochester.edu>
;; Keywords: binhex news
;;; Commentary:
+;; BinHex is a binary-to-text encoding scheme similar to uuencode.
+;; The command `binhex-decode-region' decodes BinHex-encoded text, via
+;; the external program "hexbin" if that is available, or an Emacs
+;; Lisp implementation if not.
+
;;; Code:
(eval-when-compile (require 'cl))