#42 Provide options (offset, display panel width) to align viewed structures

[hgn]

Often binary files contain multiple and continous data blocks of same structure (records). It would be nice and easier to visualize and compare their elements (components) when the viewer could align the beginning of each block at the left border of decoder panel (right hand side containg ASCII or other encoding).
This could easily achieve if WxHexEditor provides two options:
1- Starting offset: where the decoding should begin.
2- Width of the decoding panel in number of bytes (at byte, word or 64-bit boundady). The imposed maximum width could be about 32 bytes.

[Death Knight®]

second request is already implemented at svn-trunk. Options has byte per line limit.
For first request. Don't know what is the best solution. Does current "GOTO Offset" works for this?

*Might possible to add offset adjust panel that has buttons for +1 -1 bytes for offset.

[hgn]

Hi,

Thank you for quick reply to this request!!!!!!!!
The easiest and most convenient perhaps by provide an option for users to enter an arbitrary (decimal or hexadecimal) number represent the byte address of the first byte to decode. Presently many binary can be quite large this help avoiding scanning the beginning of files which may be of no interest or already know.

Again many thanks for your excellent hex editor!
Gia

On Monday, November 3, 2014 5:21 PM, Death Knight® erdem_ua@users.sf.net wrote:

1. is already implemented at svn-trunk.
2. Don't know what to do for that. Does "GOTO Offset" work for this?

*Might possible to add offset adjust panel that has buttons for +1 -1 bytes for offset.

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[feature-requests:#42] Provide options (offset, display panel width) to align viewed structures
Status: open
Group: Next_Release
Created: Mon Nov 03, 2014 04:22 AM UTC by hgn
Last Updated: Mon Nov 03, 2014 04:23 AM UTC

Owner: nobody
Often binary files contain multiple and continous data blocks of same structure (records). It would be nice and easier to visualize and compare their elements (components) when the viewer could align the beginning of each block at the left border of decoder panel (right hand side containg ASCII or other encoding).
This could easily achieve if WxHexEditor provides two options:
1- Starting offset: where the decoding should begin.
2- Width of the decoding panel in number of bytes (at byte, word or 64-bit boundady). The imposed maximum width could be about 32 bytes.

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[Death Knight®]

Accepted.
+1 -1 buttons are planned for next release :)

[Death Knight®]

Hello.
At latest git repo, you can see there is "+Offset-" implemented.
You can shift hex view in +1 -1 byte.
https://github.com/EUA/wxHexEditor/commit/f7ac1a432b66a72548ec87db7192da0089f35a37