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HexEd V0.91
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Sun Apr 16 13:20:01 1995
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 1995 19:28:06 +0300
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
To: linux-activists@niksula.hut.fi, linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
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From: uz@wuschel.ibb.schwaben.de (Ullrich von Bassewitz)
Subject: HexEd V0.91
Keywords: binary editor, editor, C++ class library
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I'm glad to announce the availability of HexEd V 0.91.
HexEd is a small hex editor. See below for a feature list. HexEd has
been developed using a portable C++ class library for creating text
mode applications that can be compiled for DOS, OS/2 & Linux without
even changing a single source line and without any #define's in your
application source.
HexEd is completely menue driven and has most things you expect from a
text mode DOS program even under Linux.
There may be two reasons, why you want to have a look at HexEd:
* You are searching for a nice hex editor.
* You want to create portable text mode applications yourself.
In the former case, there are several "binary only" packages available
at ftp.rus.uni-stuttgart.de, directory /pub/unix/systems/linux/local/util:
hx091lin.zip Linux binaries
hx091dos.zip DOS binaries
hx091os2.zip OS/2 binaries
In the latter case, I have to admit, that there is nearly no
documentation for the class library. There is a text file describing
the object hierarchy, there are also two sample applications (HexEd
and ResEd, the resource editor), but apart from that, you are on your
own. Anyway, you'll find the complete sources at the same location as
mentioned above:
hx091src.zip HexEd sources
All archives are not .gz but .zip files, because tar is not very
common on DOS & OS/2 systems.
Beware: You have to use "unzip -a" when unpacking the sources under
Linux, because the text files are in DOS format (cr/lf)! See hexed.doc
for information on compiling the source!
HexEd should be considered as beta software. It works quite reliable
and I had no problems, but there may be some bugs, especially in the
Linux keyboard and screen handlers. There are also some advanced
features missing (eg. SIGWINCH handling).
Below, you will find the first part of the hexed.doc file, describing
HexEd features.
If you have questions/suggestions/bug reports, feel free to send mail
to uz@ibb.schwaben.de.
What it is
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HexEd is a small hex editor. It features
* a user friendly interface
* multiple windows
* multiple operating system support (DOS, OS/2, Linux)
* national language support
* freeware, even for commercial use
* full source code
Please see the section titled "Copying" below for copying conditions.
Why another binary editor?
--------------------------
HexEd is a test case. More than one year ago, I started to develop a
portable text mode class library. Because I've been a happy Linux user
for more than one and a half year now, I thought about supporting
Linux. So, at the end of february '95, I started porting the library
to Linux.
When I thought about releasing the library for Linux, I realized, that
- without a sample program - no one would be interested to have even a
look at the library. So I decided to write a demo application that
shows the features of my class library.
This demo application is HexEd.
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