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Functions resp. Features
|
Details
|
Function
implemented in |
| Display |
Display the content
of a File in
Hex- and ASCII-View
(and the matching file size) |
Library |
| Content is
changeable resp.
could be set to not editable |
File size
is
displayed and can
be switched between
- Bytes only
- automatic conversion into Bytes/KBytes/MBytes
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| Recognize changes
and mark them
in the header of the Hex part |
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| Amount of digits in border (resp.
indication of
location) either dynamic to content or fixed |
| Colors |
- Stripe colors
- Background of Hex- and ASCII-View are
changeable
- Colors for border (resp. indication of
location) are changeable
- Colors of the inactive parts (at Hex-View, left
corner, and when pane is larger then the component, e.g. too few bytes
to display)
|
Library |
| File management |
Complete File management, i.e. New File supported
and Open, Save, Save As with huge files benefit from
a Progessbar |
GUI |
File-Size
up to 2
GB are
supported under specific restrictions
- You have that amount of memory free
- Have 64bit Java installed (on 32-bit Windows
the
limitation
is 1.4-1.6GB)
- Have set the increased Heap-parameter in the
command-line
option (e.g.
-Xmx 1.2GB)
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| I have tested with a 905MB-file loading without
any problems. Editing
and viewing was no problem at all. |
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|
Increase the
file-size which can
be loaded with the command-line option (e.g. -Xmx
1200MB)
e.g. java -jar HexEditor.jar -Xmx 1200MB |
File name
will be
filled in
automatically as you type in
- Names are selected with
cursor-keys resp. PgDn/PgUp
- ENTER loads the file
- Ctrl-Space displays the selection
|
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| Management if
file-content does not fit into memory (cause it is too large) |
| Search |
- by ASCII-String
- case sensitive
- case insensitive
- by Hex-String
- forward or backward
- starts with a specific position (negative, like -1,
or number greater then file size are interpreted as the begin
of file)
- found position is displayed
|
Library |
| Keyboard Control |
- Cursor Left/Right/Up/Down
- Page Up/Down
- Home/End
- Ctrl-Home/Ctrl-End
|
Library |
| Selection |
Text can be selected with Keyboard or Mouse:
Keyboard
- Shift and Arrow-Keys, PgUp/PgDn, Pos1/End expand the selection automatically
Mouse
- Click anywhere and hold the mouse till the end
- Click anywhere, release the mouse, move somewhere else, hold the Shift-Key and Press left-mouse to extend the selection
- Hold the Ctrl-Key and press anywhere. If you have
already selected a text, the cursor will be displayed and you can once
again extend the selection as above
|
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| As soon as you place somewhere the cursor, without any additional selection (described above), the selection will be reseted. |
|
Library |
| Search |
| You can highlight all matching text parts at once |
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|
GUI |
| Cursor |
- current position of the cursor displayed
- jump to a specific position (if out of range, then
either first or last is used)
- Blink rate changeable
- Cursor is marked in the selection to have a better orientation for the user (see screenshot for Selection)
|
Library and GUI |
| Panel |
| Expandable Panels to save space on GUI - i.e. panel content could be hided if not required |
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|
GUI |
| Font |
| Resize and reset of the font |
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|
GUI |
| Heap View |
- displays currently used Heap
- displays currently used Total Memory
- could launch the Java Garbage Collector to free
unused
memory (to do so, double click the Heap View)
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GUI |
