hexl-note.el - Hexl Mode Annotations

Hexl Note allows annotating sequences of bytes in hexl-mode buffers.

00000000: 0000 007d 0000 007e ffff febf fffe 1dc0  ...}...~........
00000010: 7050 b120 83cb e93e 0000 80ff 0000 c07f  pP. ...>........
00000020: 2068 6578 6c20 f09f 92ac 206e 6f74 6520   hexl .... note 

With the default configuration, running:

• M-2 C-c C-i i 4 RET b
• M-2 C-c C-i i 4 RET l
• C-c C-i f 8 RET l
• M-2 C-c C-i f 4 RET l
• M-16 C-c C-a (decode-coding-string bytes 'utf-8) RET

Gives:

00000000: 0000 007d 0000 007e bffe ffff c01d feff  ...}...~........
          <-------> <-------> <-------> <------->
          BE:125    BE:126    LE:-321   LE:-123456
00000010: 7050 b120 83cb e93e 0000 80ff 0000 c07f  pP. ...>........
          <-----------------> <-------> <------->
          LE:1.23e-05         LE:-inf   LE:nan
00000020: 2068 6578 6c20 f09f 92ac 206e 6f74 6520   hexl .... note 
          <------------------------------------->
           hexl 💬 note 

Installation

With use-package and straight.el:

(use-package hexl-note
  :straight
  (hexl-note :type git :host github :repo "nick4f42/hexl-note"))

Otherwise, clone this repo and add it to the load-path.

Usage

Enter hexl-note-mode from a hexl-mode buffer.

Create annotations with:

• hexl-note-annotate (C-c C-a)
• hexl-note-annotate-number (C-c C-i)

Select annotations with:

• hexl-note-previous-annot (C-c C-p)
• hexl-note-next-annot (C-c C-n)

Delete annotations with:

• hexl-note-delete-selected (C-c C-d)
• hexl-note-delete-all

Example Configuration

(use-package hexl-note
  :hook (hexl-mode . hexl-note-mode)
  :config

  ;; Add more padding around annotation text.
  (setq hexl-note-padding 2)

  ;; Use unicode arrows.
  (setq hexl-note-arrow-string '(hexl-note-arrow ?└ ?─ ?┘ ?╵))

  ;; When using `hexl-note-annotate-number', the default requires specifying
  ;; the type (i, u, or f) and the size:
  (setq hexl-note-number-types
	'((?i "signed integer" int nil)
	  (?u "unsigned integer" uint nil)
	  (?f "floating point" float nil)))
  ;; Instead, give each character a specific size.
  (setq hexl-note-number-types
	'((?c "char" int 1)
	  (?C "unsigned char" uint 1)
	  (?s "short" int 2)
	  (?S "unsigned short" uint 2)
	  (?i "int" int 4)
	  (?I "unsigned int" uint 4)
	  (?f "float" float 4)
	  (?d "double" float 8))))