Request feature: switch to hexview

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yyn
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Request feature: switch to hexview

Post by yyn »

I've been using textpad for a while now and I really appreciate the way it works.

One thing that I would really appreciate is a way to switch back and forth to binary view. When examining log files I occassionaly need to know exactly what was entered, the only way I know how to do this is to specifically open the file in binary mode. Are there any plans to support this?

Also the number of search occurrences could be a real convenience for me.
slugolicious
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Post by slugolicious »

+1

Would love to toggle between the two. Not only for the reason yyn gave but also because binary view doesn't allow editing. I could switch to text view, edit stuff, then switch to binary to see the results.
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Post by AmigoJack »

+1

But I can imagine we don't have that as Textpad works differently in both modes, and switching back and forth would always need to re-open/scan the files.

However, you can halfway workaround this by just opening the same file twice: once in Text mode, once in Binary mode. And since CTRL+G supports even byte as a jump target you can also seek to exact positions in both modes.
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Post by slugolicious »

I worked around the problem for now based on someone else's suggestion. I can't find the posting where I got it from but here's what I'm doing:

* create a tool to open a file in binary
* assign a shortcut key to that tool

To create the tool:
  • - configure > preferences > tools
    • - add program
      • - c:\program files(x86)\textpad\textpad.exe
      - click apply
      - single click on name in list to rename
      • - 'textpad in binary'
      - tools > textpad in binary
      • - command: (should already be set)
        - parameters: $file(0x00)
        - initial folder: $FileDir
Add shortcut key
  • - configure > preferences > keyboard > tools > textpad in binary
    - I use 'ctrl+b' (for binary)
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