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.\"Ullrich von Bassewitz (uz@ibb.schwaben.com) on Sun 14 April 1996
.\" 
.TH hexed 1 "14 April 1996 " " " "UNIX Programmer's Manual"

.SH
NAME
.LP
hexed \- Edit binary files

xhexed \- Edit binary files in an X window
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B hexed
[ options | files ] ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B hexed
command is used to edit binary files. Multiple files can be displayed in
different windows. Searching for ascii or binary strings is possible.
Other
.B hexed
features include:
.IP "" 4
.RS
a user friendly, menu driven interface,
.LP
multiple windows,
.LP
multiple operating system support (DOS, OS/2, Linux, FreeBSD),
.LP
national language support,
.LP
X Window version available (called xhexed)
.RE
.LP
and more!

.PP
Since
.B hexed
supports more operating systems than just Linux or FreeBSD, this manual
page is incomplete. The file hexed.doc contains a more complete
documentation of
.B hexed
features.

.PP
.B hexed
takes up to nine filenames as arguments, intermixed with options. An option
has influence on any parameters that follow the option.

.TP
.I \-mh
Default edit mode is hex
.TP
.I \-ma
Default edit mode is ASCII
.TP
.I \-ms
Default edit mode is show
.TP
.I \-mr
Default edit mode is readonly

.PP
.SH
KEYS
.LP
Most functions can be used by using menue selections or by using the keys
shown in the status line. However, there is one basic key assignment that
is not shown anywhere:
To make another window active, press ALT-<n>, where <n> is the number
of the window as seen in the upper right corner of the window frame.
Replace ALT by ESC if you are not working on the console.


.PP
.SH
BUGS
.LP
There may be more bugs and limitations but the following are the
ones, I have in mind now:

.B hexed
does not recognize if you open a file twice.
.LP
.B hexed
has an incomplete man page.
.LP
The re-open window on start does not work correctly if the file that
should be re-opened does no longer exist.
.LP

.SH
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
.LP

.IP SPUNK_COLOR 4
Possible values: "yes", "on", "1", "no", "off", "0".
Forces the use of ANSI compatible color strings. Default is to use color on
the console.
.LP
.IP SPUNK_CP437 4
Possible values: "yes", "on", "1", "no", "off", "0". Forces
.B hexed
to use the IBM codepage 437 for screen output. When used together with a
terminal program capable of displaying this character set, window frames are
displayed using the line drawing characters.
.LP
.IP SPUNK_LANGUAGE 4
Possible values:
.TP
.RS
.IP "" 4
.RS
1 German
.TP
2 English
.TP
3 French
.TP
4 Dutch
.TP
5 Spanish
.TP
6 Italian
.LP
.RE
Currently values 3-6 are not supported. Default language is english.
.RE
.IP SPUNK_COUNTRY 4
This sets the country date and time format. Possible values are
.TP
.RS
.IP "" 4
.RS
001 USA
.TP
031 Netherlands
.TP
039 Italy
.TP
041 Switzerland
.TP
044 United Kingdom
.TP
049 Germany
.LP
.RE
Default country is USA.
.LP
.RE
.LP
For more information see the documentation file hexed.doc.


.SH
FILES
.LP

hexed.doc \-\- Documentation file.
.br
hexed.res \-\- Resource file.
.br
~/hexed.rc \-\- Configuration file.
.LP


.SH
COPYING
.LP

You are allowed to do anything what you want with the binary and the
source code with the following restrictions:

You are not allowed to distribute changed sources for
.B hexed
or the
class library. You are allowed to distribute changed binaries and
diffs to the sources. This is because I do not want to have many
different versions of the source floating around on the net.

You are not allowed to redistribute this package in an incomplete
form.

You are not allowed to take money for distributing this package
without my prior, written permission. This includes putting the
package on a cd-rom which is sold (even for a nominal fee) or on
a bbs or ftp-server where access to this bbs or ftp server is not
free for everyone without charge.

I'm not liable for any damages to revenue, loss of sales, damages
to property or any other bad thing, as a result of using this
package. I'm taking no money for this program and/or the source
code, so you use it completely at your own risk! This code is
probably full of nasty bugs, that cause head crashes on your hard
disk, spill coffee on your keyboard and much much more! You've
been warned!
.LP

.SH
AUTHOR
.LP

Ullrich von Bassewitz
<uz@ibb.schwaben.com>