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Hexyl: A command-line hex viewer

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Re: Hexyl: A command-line hex viewer

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Post by Twisol »

I admit, my first thought on seeing the title was "What's wrong with xxd?"

This is nice! I like the colorization a lot -- it's like with source code, you don't realize how much you rely on the colors until you get a new computer and need to download syntax definitions for your editor again. Only feature I really think is missing is line numbers.

Nicely done!

Re: Hexyl: A command-line hex viewer

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Post by vectorEQ »

Twisol wrote: post #3

I admit, my first thought on seeing the title was "What's wrong with xxd?" This is nice! I like the colorization a lot -- it's like with source code, you don't realize how much you rely on the colors until you get a new computer and need to download syntax definitions for your editor again. Only feature I really think is missing is line numbers. Nicely done!

haha, had exactly the same thoughts. the colours really makes it much much easier on the eyes to recognise things. well done!

Re: Hexyl: A command-line hex viewer

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Post by joshenders »

vectorEQ wrote: post #4
Twisol wrote: post #3

I admit, my first thought on seeing the title was "What's wrong with xxd?" This is nice! I like the colorization a lot -- it's like with source code, you don't realize how much you rely on the colors until you get a new computer and need to download syntax definitions for your editor again. Only feature I really think is missing is line numbers. Nicely done!

haha, had exactly the same thoughts. the colours really makes it much much easier on the eyes to recognise things. well done!

Same thought except, I wonder why this isn’t a patch to xxd?

Re: Hexyl: A command-line hex viewer

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Post by cygned »

Twisol wrote: post #3

I admit, my first thought on seeing the title was "What's wrong with xxd?" This is nice! I like the colorization a lot -- it's like with source code, you don't realize how much you rely on the colors until you get a new computer and need to download syntax definitions for your editor again. Only feature I really think is missing is line numbers. Nicely done!

I have to admit, my first question in mind was how to disable colors because I do not use syntax highlighting at all.

Re: Hexyl: A command-line hex viewer

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Post by hwj »

Twisol wrote: post #3

I admit, my first thought on seeing the title was "What's wrong with xxd?" This is nice! I like the colorization a lot -- it's like with source code, you don't realize how much you rely on the colors until you get a new computer and need to download syntax definitions for your editor again. Only feature I really think is missing is line numbers. Nicely done!

What are line numbers in context of a binary?
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