2011/2/9 Bee <beeyaw...@gmail.com>
> On Feb 8, 2:25 pm, Peter de Ridder <cavalie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Using vim do edit binary files isn't always that easy. With
> > display+=uhex you can make unprintable characters show as hex, but the
> > printable characters are still shown as normal characters. Using xxd
> > so convert a file to hex gives a nice view of the file in both hex and
> > printable characters. But editing is still a bit difficult even with
> > hex editing helper scripts. e.g. insering or removing data isn't easy
> > since all the xxd offsets number need to be renumbered.
> >
> > To make it easier for hex editing in vim I try the split hex editing
> > in different parts which could be added to vim and be setup with a
> > command e.g. :hexthis (like :diffthis for diffing). The parts I came
> > up with are:
> > - Show all characters (printable or unprintable) as hex.
> > - Show unprintable characters as a dot.
> > - Number lines with byte offsets.
> > - Columnize every x bytes.
> > - Enter characters as hex.
> > - Join lines over eol and make eol editable as if it was a character.
> > - Other features like vsplit and scrollbind are already present.
> >
> > I know some if these options can be either impossible or to hard to be
> > reasonable but I put them in the list to be complete.
> > I started on implementing a few of the parts. I added preliminary
> > patches for them.
> >
> > I'm providing the preliminary patches so other people can test them,
> > tell what is missing, give pointers in to right direction or provide
> > ideas on further improvements. I'm interested in using these feature
> > myself maybe others are interested too and maybe these can become part
> > of the newer versions of vim, when completed.
> >
> > I'll explain the different parts a bit further:
> > - Show all characters (printable or unprintable) as hex.
> > Preliminary patch: hex-displaymode.patch
> > A per window setting to display all characters as hex, making all
> > characters 2 display cells wide. This can be used as main hex editing
> > window. Like the hex data part of xxd. The patch adds window option
> > 'displaymode'='hex'.
> > - Show unprintable characters as a dot.
> > Preliminary patch: hex-displaymode.patch
> > A per window setting to display all unprintable characters as dots,
> > making all characters 1 display cell wide. This way this can be setup
> > with scrollbinding to the main hex editing window and have half the
> > width. Since the main window will have characters of 2 wide and this
> > window will have characters of 1 wide, so the wrapping and such will
> > match and scrollbinding can be used. This setting is like the right
> > printable character side of xxd. The patch adds window option
> > 'displaymode'='dot'.
> > - Number lines with byte offsets.
> > Preliminary patch: hex-hexnumber.patch
> > A setting like 'number' and the recent 'relativenumber' but instead of
> > line number it shows line byte offsets. The +byte_offset feature
> > provides the internals for this. Line the first column if xxd. The
> > patch adds window option 'hexnumber'.
> > - Columnize every x bytes.
> > Experimental patch: hex-columnview.patch
> > Columnize characters in groups of x bytes or multiple groups. And
> > break a line at x bytes neither by inserting eol or dependant on the
> > window width. Gives a better for of data in (mostly) the
> > 'displaymode'='hex' window. The patch adds
> > 'columnview'={break},{count},{count},... ('columnize' might be a
> > better name?)
> > - Enter characters as hex.
> > Type only [0-9a-fA-F] to enter data. This could be handled by a script
> > and doesn't need to be part of the c code base.
> > - Join lines over eol and make eol editable as if it was a character.
> > Make the eol act like it as a normal character and let the line breaks
> > be fully handled by either 'wrap' or 'columnview'. As for now I don't
> > see any option in vim which does something similar and it seems very
> > hard to me if not impossible without breaking the core structure. I
> > could also live without this part since the other parts would be a
> > good enough improvement already. vim is still a text editor and not a
> > full featured hex editor.
> >
> > Patches:
> > hex-displaymode.patch: Base patch adding the +hex feature and the
> > 'displaymode' window option. This should work on vim7.3 (It is based
> > on 7.3-112).
> > hex-hexnumber.patch: Aditional patch to add 'hexnumber' window option.
> > hex-displaymode.patch needs to be applied.
> > hex-columnview.patch: Aditional patch adding experimental window
> > option 'columnview', this is know to break. hex-hexnumber.patch needs
> > to be applied. I might have started in the wrong direction with this
> > implementation, so I might need to start over with this one.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Peter
> >
> > hex-displaymode.patch
> > 22KViewDownload
> >
> > hex-hexnumber.patch
> > 31KViewDownload
> >
> > hex-columnview.patch
> > 22KViewDownload
>
> Editing in vim is difficult, so I chose to edit in vim style:
>
> http://bvi.sourceforge.net/
>
> I have compiled this for linux and mac, works well.
>
> -Bill
>
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has it have windows version? has it support all Vim features? do things in
Vim is easy than in another tools just *like* Vim.
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