hedit(1)

NAME

HEdit - Hex Editor

SYNTAX

hedit [path] [options] [GUI_options]

DESCRIPTION

HEdit is Endeavour Mark II's hex editor.

Features Hexidecimal and ASCII editing/viewing displays, cut & paste, and insert & delete.

The [path] specifies the path to the file to open at startup.

OPTIONS

--address <position>: Sets the cursor to position at startup, the position must be a positive integer value or -1 for end of the data.

-a: Same as --address.

--help: Prints help screen and exits.

--version: Prints version information and exits.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

DISPLAY: Specifies the host address, display number, and screen number to connect to the X server.

PATH: Specifies the search path, a string containing a list of paths separated by : characters

USERNAME: Specifies the user's name.

USER: Fallback for USERNAME.

HOME: Specifies the full path to the user's home directory.

EDITOR: Specifies the command to execute the preferred text editor.

EDIT: Fallback for EDITOR.

VIEWER: Specifies the command to execute the preferred file viewer.

VIEW: Fallback for VIEWER.

HELPBROWSER: Specifies the command to execute the preferred help browser.

BROWSER: Fallback for HELPBROWSER.

TMPDIR: Specifies the full path to the temporary files directory.

PRINTCOMMAND: Specifies the print command.

PRINTCMD: Fallback for PRINTCOMMAND.

PRINT: Fallback for PRINTCMD.

EDVCFGFILE: Specifies the full path to the program's configuration file.

EDVINTERPSLOCK: Specifies the full path to the InterPS lock link.

EDVINTERPSCMDFILE: Specifies the full path to the InterPS command file.

WMCLASS NAMES

HEdit: Class name

hexeditor: Hex Editor Window name

dialog: All Dialogs name

fileselection: File Selection Dialog name

EXAMPLES

To run this program the standard way, type:

# hedit &

To open a file a startup, type:

# hedit file.bin &

To open a file a startup and go to a specific address, type:

# hedit file.bin -a 12345 &

AUTHORS

Tara Milana: Head programmer

Dan Stimits: Programmer

Christoph Berg: Manpage for hedit