IDAComments

an IDA plugin helps you to manage your IDA Comments. This repository is forked from UserComment, and I made a little improvement to make it adapted to my workflow

Note

This plugin is implemented based on hooking, meaning it can only capture and save the user-added comments after the plugin is installed.

Any user comments added prior to the installation of the plugin will not be captured.

The plugin is written in Python 3, and it's suitable for IDA 7.x and IDA 8.x versions that use Python 3. For IDA 9.x, please test it yourself.

Installation

Copy the UserComment.py file to the plugins folder in the IDA installation directory.

Usage

There are three ways to open the comment window:

1. Choose 'View/Open subviews/Comments' from the menu
2. Use the shortcut (Ctrl-Shift-C)
3. Press Ctrl-!, then choose "Comments"

Supports adding comments in the following format, and the comments will be automatically parsed into:

#tag comment

The comments will be automatically parsed and displayed according to the following fields:

• Address: The address where the comment was added
• Timestamp: The timestamp when the comment was first added
• Tag: The comment’s tag
• Comment: The actual content of the comment
• Type: The type of the comment

Features

• Provides a comment window, displaying user-added comments, including comments in assembly code and pseudocode.
• Support for different types of comments (common, repeatable, anterior, posterior, pseudocode and function comments).
• Captured user-added comments will be preserved in the IDB.
• Double-click on a comment entry to quickly navigate to the corresponding location.
• Use IDA's built-in chooser, providing a handy filter functionality.

Improvements

• Add support for tagging comments, allowing you to categorize and sort them by tags such as #todo, #qu, #success, and more.
• Design a dictionary structure to improve the plugin’s compatibility with potential future extensions.

Contribution

If you encounter any issues, have suggestions for improvements, or want to add new features, please submit an issue or a pull request. If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask.