On 25.01.20 05:51, Richard Owlett wrote:
> My current project is dealing with oddly formatted data. Mostly just plain
> ASCII. Progress on another aspect of my project has made this thread moot.
For the thread, there's also: $ apt-cache search bvi
bvi - binary file ed
On 01/24/2020 03:38 PM, Stefan Pietsch wrote:
On 2020-01-22 13:12, Richard Owlett wrote:
I'm running Debian 9.8 with MATE desktop.
I'm exploring a data file with the intention of eventually parsing it
in a useful fashion.
Just downloaded ghex. I like the display format.
Its tools are inconven
On 2020-01-22 13:12, Richard Owlett wrote:
I'm running Debian 9.8 with MATE desktop.
I'm exploring a data file with the intention of eventually parsing it in
a useful fashion.
Just downloaded ghex. I like the display format.
Its tools are inconvenient.
I need to:
1. Simultaneously display i
On Fri 24 Jan 2020 at 07:16:05 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 01/23/2020 06:51 PM, David Wright wrote:
> > [snip] A quick grep on my system shows that I've
> > never installed any package containing the string "ghex"...
> ^^^
>
> IOW if you've never used program XYZ
On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 09:53:58AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
[...]
> Emacs, which I gather you think is not a GUI application?) [...]
Ah, it's *not*?
Twenty-five years using that thing and I still didn't know. Bummer ;-P
Cheers
-- tomás
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On 01/24/2020 08:53 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
I posted in two fora (here and a LUG mailing list).
*NOBODY* picked up on two key features I presumed obvious ;/
That's likely because noone cares about what you want.
Bloody bastards!
While I'm here, let me give another suggestion (besides the use
Stefan writes:
> I'm pretty sure this time it *really* doesn't do what you asked; but
> OTOH, there's a good chance it might be useful for what you're doing.
hexl-mode would do what he wants but there's no reason to learn Emacs
just for that (there lots of other good reasons, though).
--
John Has
> I posted in two fora (here and a LUG mailing list).
> *NOBODY* picked up on two key features I presumed obvious ;/
That's likely because noone cares about what you want.
Bloody bastards!
While I'm here, let me give another suggestion (besides the use of
Emacs, which I gather you think is not a
On 01/24/2020 07:47 AM, John Hasler wrote:
Richard writes:
I would prefer an actual GUI. But for a command line program it does
very well.
Text UI or interactive, not command line. ...
As I've said elsewhere --
"If retirement not for learning - what use is it?"
and thanks.
Richard writes:
> I would prefer an actual GUI. But for a command line program it does
> very well.
Text UI or interactive, not command line. With a command line program
you enter the program name, some options and some arguments at the shell
prompt and hit enter. The program runs, sends its out
On 2020-01-24 at 08:02, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 01/23/2020 09:54 PM, The Wanderer wrote:
>
>> On 2020-01-23 at 16:42, Joe wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:20:44 -0600
>>> Richard Owlett wrote:
>>>
2. I repeatedly mentioned/implied *DISPLAY*.
I never even hinted at edi
On 01/23/2020 06:51 PM, David Wright wrote:
[snip] A quick grep on my system shows that I've
never installed any package containing the string "ghex"...
^^^
IOW if you've never used program XYZ it therefore is of no use.
See also: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/
On 01/23/2020 09:54 PM, The Wanderer wrote:
On 2020-01-23 at 16:42, Joe wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:20:44 -0600
Richard Owlett wrote:
2. I repeatedly mentioned/implied *DISPLAY*.
I never even hinted at editing.
I think you'll find that displaying a file as hex and ASCII is
pre
On 01/23/2020 03:42 PM, Joe wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:20:44 -0600
Richard Owlett wrote:
2. I repeatedly mentioned/implied *DISPLAY*.
I never even hinted at editing.
I think you'll find that displaying a file as hex and ASCII is pretty
much of a monopoly of hex editors.
As
On 2020-01-23 at 16:42, Joe wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:20:44 -0600
> Richard Owlett wrote:
>
>>2. I repeatedly mentioned/implied *DISPLAY*.
>> I never even hinted at editing.
>
> I think you'll find that displaying a file as hex and ASCII is
> pretty much of a monopoly of hex edi
On 1/23/20 3:10 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 09:42:11PM +, Joe wrote:
>> On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:20:44 -0600
>> Richard Owlett wrote:
>>
>>
>>>2. I repeatedly mentioned/implied *DISPLAY*.
>>> I never even hinted at editing.
>>>
>>
>> I think you'll find that
On Thu 23 Jan 2020 at 15:20:44 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 01/22/2020 07:12 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > I'm running Debian 9.8 with MATE desktop.
> > I'm exploring a data file with the intention of eventually parsing
> > it in a useful fashion.
> >
> > Just downloaded ghex. I like the di
On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 09:42:11PM +, Joe wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:20:44 -0600
> Richard Owlett wrote:
>
>
> >2. I repeatedly mentioned/implied *DISPLAY*.
> > I never even hinted at editing.
> >
>
> I think you'll find that displaying a file as hex and ASCII is pretty
> muc
On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 09:42:11PM +, Joe wrote:
> I think you'll find that displaying a file as hex and ASCII is pretty
> much of a monopoly of hex editors. I don't know any other kind of
> program that can do it.
Plenty of hex dumpers do it, including "hd", which is installed
by default (it'
On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:20:44 -0600
Richard Owlett wrote:
>2. I repeatedly mentioned/implied *DISPLAY*.
> I never even hinted at editing.
>
I think you'll find that displaying a file as hex and ASCII is pretty
much of a monopoly of hex editors. I don't know any other kind of
program th
On 01/22/2020 07:12 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
I'm running Debian 9.8 with MATE desktop.
I'm exploring a data file with the intention of eventually parsing it in
a useful fashion.
Just downloaded ghex. I like the display format.
I posted in two fora (here and a LUG mailing list).
*NOBODY* pic
Emacs comes with `hexl-mode` which provides some of that.
The `nhexl-mode` (which you can subsequently install via
`M-x package-list RET`) is an alternative which provides
a few extra features.
> I need to:
> 1. Simultaneously display in _both_ HEX and ASCII format
I'd expect they all do, tho t
David Wright writes:
On Wed 22 Jan 2020 at 16:46:19 (+0100), Linux-Fan wrote:
>
> My favorite hex editor is `dhex` (Debian package `dhex`).
> From to the list of requirements, it does 4 of 6.
I've used hexedit very occasionally. I installed dhex
to try it out; unfortunately it refused at the fi
On Wed 22 Jan 2020 at 16:46:19 (+0100), Linux-Fan wrote:
>
> My favorite hex editor is `dhex` (Debian package `dhex`).
> From to the list of requirements, it does 4 of 6.
I've used hexedit very occasionally. I installed dhex
to try it out; unfortunately it refused at the first fence
and merely ex
On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 04:49:38PM +0100, Linux-Fan wrote:
> > My favorite hex editor is `dhex` (Debian package `dhex`).
> > > From to the list of requirements, it does 4 of 6.
>
> Excuse me, this is mis-quoted, it should of course have been this
> (i.e. both lines attributed to me):
>
> > My fav
Linux-Fan writes:
Bob Weber writes:
On 1/22/20 8:12 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
I'm running Debian 9.8 with MATE desktop.
I'm exploring a data file with the intention of eventually parsing it in a
useful fashion.
Just downloaded ghex. I like the display format.
Its tools are inconvenient.
Sugge
Bob Weber writes:
On 1/22/20 8:12 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
I'm running Debian 9.8 with MATE desktop.
I'm exploring a data file with the intention of eventually parsing it in a
useful fashion.
Just downloaded ghex. I like the display format.
Its tools are inconvenient.
Suggested tool(s) in
On Wed 22 Jan 2020 at 07:12:23 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote:
> I'm running Debian 9.8 with MATE desktop.
> I'm exploring a data file with the intention of eventually parsing it
> in a useful fashion.
>
> Just downloaded ghex. I like the display format.
> Its tools are inconvenient.
>
> I need to
On 1/22/20 8:12 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
I'm running Debian 9.8 with MATE desktop.
I'm exploring a data file with the intention of eventually parsing it in a
useful fashion.
Just downloaded ghex. I like the display format.
Its tools are inconvenient.
I need to:
1. Simultaneously display in
I'm running Debian 9.8 with MATE desktop.
I'm exploring a data file with the intention of eventually parsing it in
a useful fashion.
Just downloaded ghex. I like the display format.
Its tools are inconvenient.
I need to:
1. Simultaneously display in _both_ HEX and ASCII format
2. Know the cu
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