(find-file-noselect): Don't consider a buffer as

visiting a file literally if it is in hexl-mode.

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index c800bc49080..5da6e4816c9 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2002-01-12  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
 
+        * files.el (find-file-noselect): Don't consider a buffer as
+        visiting a file literally if it is in hexl-mode.
+
         * faces.el (minibuffer-prompt): A better face definition for MS-DOS.
 
 2002-01-11  Richard M. Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>
diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index ff47462f9ca..8042707e137 100644
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -1078,8 +1078,12 @@ that are visiting the various files."
                       (setq buffer-read-only read-only)))
                   (setq buffer-file-read-only read-only))
 
-                (when (not (eq (not (null rawfile))
-                               (not (null find-file-literally))))
+                (when (and (not (eq (not (null rawfile))
+                                    (not (null find-file-literally))))
+                           ;; It is confusing to ask whether to visit
+                           ;; non-literally if they have the file in
+                           ;; hexl-mode.
+                           (not (eq major-mode 'hexl-mode)))
                   (if (buffer-modified-p)
                       (if (y-or-n-p (if rawfile
                                         "Save file and revisit literally? "