Won't do: HxD: many thanks & smaller executable

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hs82
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Won't do: HxD: many thanks & smaller executable

Post by hs82 »

Thank you, Maël, for this great editor.

I keep a compressed copy of it on a lot of usb sticks to have it ready everywhere I go, just in case.

To compress it, I used UPX.
Results:

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     File size         Ratio
--------------------   ------
1655808 ->    641536   38.74%   (defaults)
1655808 ->    580608   35.06%   (--brute)
Maël
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Re: HxD: many thanks & smaller executable

Post by Maël »

Thanks for your comment.

Regarding UPX:
Some people prefer to not have compressed EXE files as this can cause trashing (continuous swapping to disk and reading back) and some virus scanners flag such EXEs as suspicious.

Granted, those problems are not that common, but I still prefer to let people choose whether they want to compress the file.
#Reaper

Re: HxD: many thanks & smaller executable

Post by #Reaper »

I only want to say Thanky you, too!
5 mins ago, I needed a Comparison of two files. So I looked in HxD für this, but I haven't seen such a feature. So I clicked "Update" and what was written there as a new feature? This what I need^^
Thank you! :D
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