README.md

fox

fox is a command line hex-editor

Usage

Usage: ./fox [options]
Options:
    -h, --help           prints this message
    -v, --version        prints the current version of fox
    -f, --file <PATH>    PATH to the to be edited file
    -b, --buffer <SIZE>  if no file is being specified, the created file will be SIZE bytes large

With no file specified, a new 1KiB (1024 bytes) large, zeroed file will be created,
unless specified otherwise.

Keyboard interactions:
 - arrow keys: cursor movement (also possible with mouse clicks)
 - i: insert byte after selected byte
 - del: delete selected byte
 - s: save file
 - q: quit

This software is being developed at https://github.com/nTerior/fox
License: MIT License

Interaction

• cursor movement: arrow keys or clicking using your mouse
• inserting a byte: i
• deleting a byte: del
• saving: s
• quitting: q (Note that Ctrl + C won't kill the process)

Installation

Requirements

Libraries:

- ncurses
- pthread

Build tools:

- gcc
- make

Building & Installing

git clone https://github.com/nTerior/fox
cd fox
make
make install

# to uninstall
make uninstall

Planned features

• Sidebar with additional information
  • File name
  • File size
  • Selected byte as ints/floats (int8, int16, int32, int64, float32, float64) -> signed/unsigned, litte endian, big endian