binhex.el: Improve commentary (Bug#7482).

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 0fb65b8..0796918 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@
 
        * gnus-util.el (gnus-rescale-image): Revert last change.
 
+2010-12-17  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
+
+       * binhex.el: Improve commentary (Bug#7482).
+
 2010-12-17  Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen  <larsi@gnus.org>
 
        * gnus-group.el (gnus-group-delete-articles): New command.

diff --git a/lisp/binhex.el b/lisp/binhex.el
index 42d2f35..d866fed 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/binhex.el
+++ b/lisp/binhex.el
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-;;; 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.
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
 
 ;;; 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))