Hexvi - a hex editor inspired by Vim.

Installation

• Global: sudo python setup.py install
• Local: python setup.py install --local

Features

Note:

dec denotes any valid decimal number.
hex denotes any valid hexadecimal number.

• Opening, displaying and saving files
• Multiple buffers (via tabs)
• Editing same file in multiple buffers
• Support for large files
• Everything is a command
• Simple installation via setuptools
• User configuration via ~/.config/hexvirc and ~/.hexvirc
  • Color schemes
  • Customizable bindings (every binding directly corresponds to a command)
• Flow
  • Ctrl+WCtrl+W, Ctrl+WW, Tab: switch between hex and ASCII dump
  • Ctrl+WCtrl+H, Ctrl+WH: switch to hex dump
  • Ctrl+WCtrl+L, Ctrl+WL: switch to ASCII dump
  • Ctrl+Q: quit
• Movement
  • h, ←: move cursor one character to the left
  • l, →: move cursor one character to the right
  • j, ↓: move cursor down one display line
  • k, ↑: move cursor up one display line
  • dech, dec←: move cursor dec characters to the left
  • decl, dec→: move cursor dec characters to the right
  • decj, dec↓: move cursor down dec display lines
  • deck, dec↑: move cursor up dec display lines
  • gg: move cursor to the beginning of the file
  • G: move cursor to the end of file
  • hexG: move cursor to the hex offset
  • ^, 0: move cursor to the start of display line
  • $: move cursor to the end of display line
  • w: move cursor to the next word
  • b: move cursor to the previous word
  • PgUp, Shift+up, Ctrl+B: previous page
  • PgDown, Shift+down, Ctrl+F: next page
  • H: jump to screen top
  • M: jump to screen middle
  • L: jump to screen bottom
  • dec%: jump to % of file
• Test inserting (i, a)
• Text replacing (r)
• Text removal
  • x: remove character to the right
  • decx: remove dec characters to the right
  • X: remove character to the left
  • decX: remove dec characters to the left
  • d + all of the movement commands
• Tab management
  • Ctrl+T: open new tab
  • gt: next tab
  • gT: previous tab
• Search
  • forward search via /
  • backward search via ?
  • PCRE regexes (examples: a.*b, [\xF0-\xFF])
  • n: jump to next match
  • N: jump to previous match
  • decn: jump to dec-th next match
  • decN: jump to dec-th previous match

Planned features

• Warning if file content was unsaved before closing
• :e! path
• Undo/redo
• More movement commands (t, f, T, F)
• Easier jumps to offsets (:deadbeef, possibly ghexCR)
• Improved normal mode key retractions
• Command history (↑, Ctrl+P)
• Visual mode
• Yank/paste
• Search and replace
• Man page
• Enhanced control over appearance
  • Showing the file is modified with tab color
• More built-in color schemes

Features not likely to be added

• Support for marks
• Tab in command mode to auto complete input command
• d/..., d?... to delete up until searched text
• Ctrl+R in command mode to search command history
• Ctrl+O in normal mode to jump to last edit place, stack-based