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HexEdit - 1.90

Utility for viewing & editing files in hex or ascii

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All Time:	(4.7)
Version 1.90:	(5.0)
Selected Version:	1.90
Release Date:	2004-10-27
License:	Freeware
Downloads (version 1.90):	10,059
Downloads (all versions):	250,460

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Product Description:

Hexadecimal file editor that handles both data and resource forks. It is the most widely used editor of it's kind on MacOS, can handle file sizes of many megabytes with ease, yet has memory requirements of less than a Megabyte. It can compare whole files for similarities or differences and can find hex or ASCII strings in files.

What's new in this version:

Added "replace and find next" search feature (replaces current text with replace text, searches for next matching find string)
Replacement text is no longer converted to upper case if "ignore case" is checked (option should have only effected the find string!)
Fix opening of one-fork files with drag and drop (drags are now always opened in smart fork mode)
Fix Overwrite mode stopping overwrites before last byte of file
Fix Overwrite mode adding bytes to file (no bytes to overwrite past eof!)
Changed menu option "non-destructive delete" to "destructive delete" (correct name)
Checked all icon resource files in in mergable resource fork format (MacCVSClient)
Checked all resources in in mergable resource fork format (MacCVSClient) (this fixes correct problem with checkouts from CVS having no resource data!)
Added the pre-built 68K application to CVS (so no need to rebuild ... can't w/CW7 or later)
Updated webpage links in application
Removed all old Projector checkout resources from any files where they still existed
Updated documentation to reflect these changes
Added documentation on keyboard usage to docs file
Clear key now clears byte to right if no selection is made
Clear (key and menu item) now moves cursor to next insertion point after clear
Updated handling of Backspace, clear, and edit "clear" menu to be more consistent (clear always zeros for instance, and BS/Del are non-destructive when appropriate)
Updated the Source Forge website with new links, images, corrections, etc.
Fix find dialog's replace code (was working, but code was wrong)
Add ability for finding to wrap in file
If nothing to find, all find/replace menu options open the find dialog for you
Pressing "option" w/replace click in find dialog is replace/find next.
Find dialog's Replace only happens if there is a selection! (replace all happens always)
Added keyboard modifiers for various program items (menus/editing/dialogs) to documentation
Zoom state is now smaller for large files (big window) and larger for small files (small window)
Find forward/back & Replace will operate on first edit window, if any (allows search in find dialog)
Option-Delete is same as Clear key
Fixed non-destructive behaviour in ASCII pane
Prefs now default to non-destructive delete in overwrite mode

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS X 10.1
Mac OS X 10.0
Mac OS Classic

Additional Requirements:

System 7.0 or higher or
Mac OS X

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Initial impressions - Version: 2.20, 11/13/2008 06:14PM PST

Punster--2008

I downloaded HexEdit to take a look at it. It may actually end up being a better hex editor than others I've used, but several UI issues stuck out:

1. I selected a file to view that happened to have a long filename. The editor window's title, and the title under the Window menu were both the munged 31-character version of the filename. Curious, I then tried a file whose name contained Asian kanji and kana characters, and it looks like the filename was displayed with a MacRoman encoding. C'mon people: FSRefs, Unicode, etc...

2. How about giving the user a chance to at least choose the display font size, if not which monospace font to use? That might make it easier to read.

3. "File Comparison Options" has hijacked the standard command-comma used for preferences. Why isn't there just a preferences window that lets you set comparison options, color scheme, etc.?

NOT fixed - Version: 2.20, 8/21/2008 01:58AM PST

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francissawyer

This app still (in version 2.2) idiotically hijacks the opening of disk images away from DiskImageMounter.

You can restore the old association by right-clicking on a dmg file, going down to "open with", picking DiskImageMounter from the list, and pressing "Change all".

If for some reason DiskImageMounter isn't in the list, you can find it under /System/Library/CoreServices

installing - Version: 2.00, 7/3/2007 04:41PM PST

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whitenerdy1597

i'm running on os 10.4.10

how do I install Hexedit?

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