Done: HxD: show values for highlighted data
Done: HxD: show values for highlighted data
It would be nice if HxD would show the values of highlighted data with the option of showing as little-endian, big-endian, or both.
Values should be shown in either decimal or binary. The former to make data validation easier, and the latter to help with validating flag fields.
Values should be shown in either decimal or binary. The former to make data validation easier, and the latter to help with validating flag fields.
Ye, a data inspector would be really great. The way it is now HxD is pretty useless to me. Very nice and compact, but completely useless.
I evaluated a dozen hex editors these days and the half of em is missing this essential feature (or they support it but the mouse wheel doesn't work, or it costs 50$, or drag'n'drop doesn't work, or there is no file compare etc).
For me it's a complete mystery how something like that can be missing. After all you need it all the time for the most common hex editor task: cross-checking files with the specs and reverse engineering of parts where the specs are lacking/vague.
I evaluated a dozen hex editors these days and the half of em is missing this essential feature (or they support it but the mouse wheel doesn't work, or it costs 50$, or drag'n'drop doesn't work, or there is no file compare etc).
For me it's a complete mystery how something like that can be missing. After all you need it all the time for the most common hex editor task: cross-checking files with the specs and reverse engineering of parts where the specs are lacking/vague.
Currently I'm working on the 1.7.2 stable which is to be out in January.
A donation would be an incentive for me to spend more time on this project/feature, have a look at the top of the page, there: http://mh-nexus.de/downloads.php?product=HxD
A donation would be an incentive for me to spend more time on this project/feature, have a look at the top of the page, there: http://mh-nexus.de/downloads.php?product=HxD
Re: HxD: show values for highlighted data
Hi,
First I would like to thank you for such a great program. It's almost the hex editor of my dreams . One of the features it's missing is the value show/editor. Of course I don't want to urge you in any way, but I would like to kindly ask: can you say when we could expect this feature to be implemented?
First I would like to thank you for such a great program. It's almost the hex editor of my dreams . One of the features it's missing is the value show/editor. Of course I don't want to urge you in any way, but I would like to kindly ask: can you say when we could expect this feature to be implemented?
Re: HxD: show values for highlighted data
There will be a bug-fix version 1.7.6.4 in the next weeks.
A data inspector is planned for version 1.8 but I cannot make a prognosis when it will be released, this depends a lot on my free time of which I currently don't have much.
But I can tell you that I have a prototype that mostly works (but needs integration and further testing).
A data inspector is planned for version 1.8 but I cannot make a prognosis when it will be released, this depends a lot on my free time of which I currently don't have much.
But I can tell you that I have a prototype that mostly works (but needs integration and further testing).
Re: HxD: show values for highlighted data
I will wait patiently then, thanks for the answer.
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Re: HxD: show values for highlighted data
Hello!
I just wrote another posting before I discovered this thread. So I just want to focus the attention onto the other idea described in that posting. It's a simple version of a data inspector, showing the value of the current marked byte sequence in status line. It's quite intuitive: you mark some bytes, look below and got your integer value visible in decimal form. For me it would be more useful than a floating inspector window.
It could be configurable to show the kind of conversion you currently want to have: integer (LE, BE), float, ... The length of inspected bytes (byte, word, dword, ...) depends on the number of marked bytes. E.g. a word if you mark 2 bytes, or a dword when marked 3 or 4 bytes.
I just wrote another posting before I discovered this thread. So I just want to focus the attention onto the other idea described in that posting. It's a simple version of a data inspector, showing the value of the current marked byte sequence in status line. It's quite intuitive: you mark some bytes, look below and got your integer value visible in decimal form. For me it would be more useful than a floating inspector window.
It could be configurable to show the kind of conversion you currently want to have: integer (LE, BE), float, ... The length of inspected bytes (byte, word, dword, ...) depends on the number of marked bytes. E.g. a word if you mark 2 bytes, or a dword when marked 3 or 4 bytes.