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Idea
#10498: Gedit able to display binary files as hex
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Written by krs the 30 Jun 08 at 08:06.
Category: Programming.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
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Description
Sometimes when you have a unknown file, open it in a text editor can give you a hint. Even if the file is binary, you can found text in the header or somewhere.
Gedit should have the possibilities to open any kind of file. and if it's a binary file, display it in hex view with text view on a side column.
Plus, this is a good way to provide a hex editor by default without spreading the fear to new users with an additional program "WTF is that new sh*t in my application menu??"
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Ssdg wrote on the 30 Jun 08 at 09:45
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OMG what the f*ck happened to this text file?
The hexa view if it's shipped should be proposed the same way that gedit ask you the text encoding.
And by the way, someone who knows about hexa should know about installing an hexa editor, hu?
-1, because your way to consider standard users suck and because when I install something I know what it is.
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krs wrote on the 30 Jun 08 at 11:46
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>The hexa view if it's shipped should be proposed the same way that gedit ask you the text encoding.
Exactly. It's very frustrating when gedit ask you to choose a text encoding because 99% of the time, you will not be able to open it whatever you choose as encoding.
Of course there is hexa editor you can install, but usually text editor can open binary file. But it's more clear to display a binary in hexa view with text on the side. Gedit would be greater if it can do that.
>because your way to consider standard users suck
It's just a way of making humour. We are always a noob in an area or another.
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Eldmannen wrote on the 30 Jun 08 at 13:39
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I think gedit is a text editor, not an hex editor.
But I think it should display binary files too, like Notepad.
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snadrus wrote on the 30 Jun 08 at 21:32
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VIM opens them.
Notepad opens them.
KDE's Kate opens them.
KDE has Oktet which opens hex nicely (but confuses noobs).
Lets keep Gnome modern, even if it needs a new app.
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