hex editors

[Igor Gueths]

Hi Brian,
thanks; I'll definitely check that out.
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 08:31:32AM -0700, Brian Buhrow wrote:
> 	Hello.  There is an old program called bed which will reformat a binary
> file into what ever format you want, i.e. hex, octal, with various word
> lengths.  It then opens the file with your favorite editor, allowing you to
> use vim, ed or something else to edit the file.  Once done, it will convert
> the file back to the original format with your changes.
> Search for "bed binary editor" in google to find it.  If you have trouble
> downloading it, let me know and I can probably make a link.
> -thanks
> -Brian
> 
> On Jun 11, 10:25am, Igor Gueths wrote:
> } Subject: hex editors
> } Hi all,
> } can anyone recommend a good hex editor that works decently with Speakup? So far
> } I've tried Hexcurse (for some reason deleting modifications isn't currently
> } working for me but it tracks fairly well), Dhex and Shed both of which didn't
> } get along with Speakup at all as far as cursor tracking is concerned). Vim's
> } so-called "hex editing" mode via streaming its buffer through xxd does seem to
> } work, although I can't get it to write out a modified file in binary
> } (research seems to indicate that it will only rewrite out binary files for those
> } that only have a .bin extension), which isn't quite ideal either. So if anyone
> } has any suggestions/ideas, they would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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