Done: HxD: extended "select block" option
Posted: 21 May 2007 21:04
Hi, a couple of minor things I'd like to see in HxD.
When using "select block" I hope you could add an option to select from starting point + block length in bytes instead of only ending position. Sometimes I have a starting offset and size, and having to manually calculate the ending offset is a bit annoying. You could make some radio buttons so the second box means "ending offset" or "number of bytes selected".
Also a small comment but it's my own preference so you might not agree. I think the way blocks are selected is a bit misleading. For example if I put as the start-end 0x1000-0x1200 I personally think I'm selecting a size of 0x200, but since the ending offset is included HxD selects 0x201 bytes (I believe this is the same for other functions). A possible solution would be some option to include or exclude the last byte in selections, but it's so minor it would be weird to have such option.
When using "select block" I hope you could add an option to select from starting point + block length in bytes instead of only ending position. Sometimes I have a starting offset and size, and having to manually calculate the ending offset is a bit annoying. You could make some radio buttons so the second box means "ending offset" or "number of bytes selected".
Also a small comment but it's my own preference so you might not agree. I think the way blocks are selected is a bit misleading. For example if I put as the start-end 0x1000-0x1200 I personally think I'm selecting a size of 0x200, but since the ending offset is included HxD selects 0x201 bytes (I believe this is the same for other functions). A possible solution would be some option to include or exclude the last byte in selections, but it's so minor it would be weird to have such option.