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VIM - Vi IMproved

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"VIM is the greatest editor since the stone chisel." - Dr. Jose Unpingco

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Hex editor with VI bindings (lemmy.sdf.org)
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I'm aware that you can "edit" binary files with :%!xxd but seriously, am I the only one to think it's totally pathetic? Vim should be better than that.

I use Hexer myself. It's binary editing done right and it should be merged into vim - as in, type :hex or something and the edition mode switches to that editor's layout.

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[โ€“] GrappleHat@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

I agree that VIM binay support is pathetic. Hoping someone will jump on here to say there is some plugin or technique that I'm unaware of that shores this up.

[โ€“] siipale@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

Didn't know about hexer. Seems like a nice hex editor.