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hex
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'hex' is yet another hex viewer. Right now there are no advantages to it as it
has almost no features at all at this stage.
'hex' is yet another hex viewer. It automatically interprets fields within
files using a set of Lua scripts, colorizing them and showing descriptions on
the side.
At the moment the project is still in a very early stage.
image::hex.png[align="center"]
Plans
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In the future, it should be able to automatically interpret fields within files
using a set of Lua scripts, colorize them and show descriptions on the side.
Packages
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Regular releases are sporadic. git master should be stable enough. You can get
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Build dependencies: CMake, pkg-config, help2man, liberty (included),
termo (included) +
Runtime dependencies: ncursesw, libunistring
Runtime dependencies: ncursesw, libunistring, Lua >= 5.3 (for highlighting)
$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/pjanouch/hex.git
$ mkdir hex/build
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requests. If you want to discuss this project, or maybe just hang out with
the developer, feel free to join me at irc://irc.janouch.name, channel #dev.
Similar software
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https://codisec.com/veles/ can also highlight files but it's not scriptable.
License
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'hex' is written by Přemysl Janouch <p.janouch@gmail.com>.