Comments on: I’m Bringing Hexy Back http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/archives/2009/07/31/im-bringing-hexy-back/ serious code Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:07:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Butterwaffle http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/archives/2009/07/31/im-bringing-hexy-back/comment-page-1/#comment-875 Butterwaffle Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:58:56 +0000 http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/?p=127#comment-875 Hi Fish, Thanks for releasing Hex Fiend 2. I really enjoy it. Perhaps I should stop here so you can enjoy unadulterated adulation... but no. Sorry. While the Hex Fiend largely quenches my base 0x10 thirst, now I find myself itching curiously. Mainly because, while the click and drag selection allows me to easily change the offset and size used to interpret bytes as floats or big ints, I only get to see a single float or big int at a time. It would be nice when the selection is too large for an atomic type to see an array – even though this would require an extra knob to specify 4 or 8 byte floats/ints. Another (vastly cooler but perhaps ridiculous in implementation complexity) way to scratch the itch would be to have a "struct creator" interface that lets you save interpreted selections from different offsets into a new pane, and perhaps change the offset of all the entries in the pane at once in order to explore arrays of structs in files. You could even generate some C code to create a real struct that matches what's shown in the pane contents. Ahhhhh. Now the itch has been scratched, at least a bit. And thanks again for Hex Fiend 2. Hi Fish,

Thanks for releasing Hex Fiend 2. I really enjoy it. Perhaps I should stop here so you can enjoy unadulterated adulation… but no. Sorry. While the Hex Fiend largely quenches my base 0×10 thirst, now I find myself itching curiously. Mainly because, while the click and drag selection allows me to easily change the offset and size used to interpret bytes as floats or big ints, I only get to see a single float or big int at a time. It would be nice when the selection is too large for an atomic type to see an array – even though this would require an extra knob to specify 4 or 8 byte floats/ints. Another (vastly cooler but perhaps ridiculous in implementation complexity) way to scratch the itch would be to have a “struct creator” interface that lets you save interpreted selections from different offsets into a new pane, and perhaps change the offset of all the entries in the pane at once in order to explore arrays of structs in files. You could even generate some C code to create a real struct that matches what’s shown in the pane contents. Ahhhhh. Now the itch has been scratched, at least a bit.

And thanks again for Hex Fiend 2.

]]> By: steve http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/archives/2009/07/31/im-bringing-hexy-back/comment-page-1/#comment-874 steve Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:52:36 +0000 http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/?p=127#comment-874 Hey fishes, I fix a bug in the vertical scroller handling (Unsigned conversion bug) What can I do to commit my fix. I need a svn auth. Thx Hey fishes,

I fix a bug in the vertical scroller handling (Unsigned conversion bug)

What can I do to commit my fix. I need a svn auth.

Thx

]]> By: Raving Romulus http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/archives/2009/07/31/im-bringing-hexy-back/comment-page-1/#comment-839 Raving Romulus Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:48:49 +0000 http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/?p=127#comment-839 For some reason I expected to be able to select whole bytes and words by double and triple clicking on them, similar to word and sentence selection in most of cocoa text fields. For some reason I expected to be able to select whole bytes and words by double and triple clicking on them, similar to word and sentence selection in most of cocoa text fields.

]]> By: Anonymous http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/archives/2009/07/31/im-bringing-hexy-back/comment-page-1/#comment-837 Anonymous Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:17:07 +0000 http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/?p=127#comment-837 Well, I tried it, and apparently the size problem is kind of overshadowed by the font setting not working at all, but apparently you know that already. Here's another bug: The mouse wheel doesn't work when over the line number column. Also, I'd really like to see the old rendering style back. The new one is more compact, but also a lot harder to read than the old one with spaces between each byte, and separators between words. It'd also be nice if the line numbers column got its smaller font size back. Finally, I've never been a fan of the behaviour of opening a new window when clicking the icon and no windows are open. I can't say I've ever wanted to start a document for scratch in Hex Fiend, and I suspect most people are the same. This only forces me to close the useless window that I didn't want. This behaviour may make sense for a text editor where you actually do write documents from scratch, but this is such a rare occurrence in a hex editor that it seems strange to have it there. Well, I tried it, and apparently the size problem is kind of overshadowed by the font setting not working at all, but apparently you know that already.

Here’s another bug: The mouse wheel doesn’t work when over the line number column.

Also, I’d really like to see the old rendering style back. The new one is more compact, but also a lot harder to read than the old one with spaces between each byte, and separators between words. It’d also be nice if the line numbers column got its smaller font size back.

Finally, I’ve never been a fan of the behaviour of opening a new window when clicking the icon and no windows are open. I can’t say I’ve ever wanted to start a document for scratch in Hex Fiend, and I suspect most people are the same. This only forces me to close the useless window that I didn’t want. This behaviour may make sense for a text editor where you actually do write documents from scratch, but this is such a rare occurrence in a hex editor that it seems strange to have it there.

]]> By: Anonymous http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/archives/2009/07/31/im-bringing-hexy-back/comment-page-1/#comment-835 Anonymous Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:15:44 +0000 http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/?p=127#comment-835 It is awesome that you came out with Hex Fiend 2.0. So is the pi/relative prime thing. Like the previous poster, I want to post a comment just because of the cool spam filter. It is awesome that you came out with Hex Fiend 2.0. So is the pi/relative prime thing. Like the previous poster, I want to post a comment just because of the cool spam filter.

]]> By: Anonymous http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/archives/2009/07/31/im-bringing-hexy-back/comment-page-1/#comment-832 Anonymous Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:00:31 +0000 http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/?p=127#comment-832 Does it fix the issue where files would not open with 16-byte wide columns after you changed the font size? Reading a file with 12 or 14 byte wide columns can get really annoying, and having to resize every window after it opens is also annoying. That's the only real problem I've had with older version of Hex Fiend, otherwise it was a joy to use. (Also the comments are nearly invisible here, I had to highlight them to read them. Is that a rendering issue on my side or not?) Does it fix the issue where files would not open with 16-byte wide columns after you changed the font size? Reading a file with 12 or 14 byte wide columns can get really annoying, and having to resize every window after it opens is also annoying. That’s the only real problem I’ve had with older version of Hex Fiend, otherwise it was a joy to use.

(Also the comments are nearly invisible here, I had to highlight them to read them. Is that a rendering issue on my side or not?)

]]> By: Mattt Thompson http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/archives/2009/07/31/im-bringing-hexy-back/comment-page-1/#comment-830 Mattt Thompson Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:12:01 +0000 http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/?p=127#comment-830 Just got a chance to check it out, and it looks like a great update. Brilliant UI touches, like the segmented Hex input for the find panel. Hex Fiend is a well-crafted tool that every serious Mac programmer should have in their arsenal. Just got a chance to check it out, and it looks like a great update. Brilliant UI touches, like the segmented Hex input for the find panel.
Hex Fiend is a well-crafted tool that every serious Mac programmer should have in their arsenal.

]]> By: Martin http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/archives/2009/07/31/im-bringing-hexy-back/comment-page-1/#comment-829 Martin Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:26:58 +0000 http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/?p=127#comment-829 Hey fish, so glad you are blogging again! Hey fish, so glad you are blogging again!

]]> By: Brian W http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/archives/2009/07/31/im-bringing-hexy-back/comment-page-1/#comment-828 Brian W Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:00:18 +0000 http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/?p=127#comment-828 Thanks! This is awesome. Thanks! This is awesome.

]]> By: Jennings A. http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/archives/2009/07/31/im-bringing-hexy-back/comment-page-1/#comment-827 Jennings A. Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:18:29 +0000 http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/?p=127#comment-827 Where can I donate? Where can I donate?

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