Re: [dev] a suckless hex editor

From: Snobb <snobb_AT_gmx.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 14:48:11 +0000

Agreed. Besides if xxd is installed, one can do something like this in vi/vim:
 :%!xxd
 make changes
 :%!xxd -r.

Is a shell script really necessary?

On 13/11/15 11:45am, Alex Pilon wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 11:28:36AM -0500, Greg Reagle wrote:
> > What do you think?
> >
> > […]
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> >
> > […]
> > dump="xxd -g1"
> > dedump="xxd -r"
>
> xxd's provided by vim. As convenient as it is, should a "suckless hex
> editor" really depend on that? It should be the user's choice or not to
> install vim, regardless of anybody's feeling's on this list *either* way.
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