hexa.nvim

Simple hexadecimal editor for neovim.

Installation using lazy.nvim

  return {
    "qleveque/hexa.nvim",
    opts={}
  }

Default configuration

{
  keymaps = {
    hex = {
      reformat = '<leader>f',
    },
    ascii = {
      replace = 'r',
      undo = 'u',
      redo = '<C-R>',
    },
    run = '<CR>',
  },
  run_cmd = function(file) return 'bot sp | term "'..file..'"' end,
  ascii_left = false,
}

Available commands

• :HexSearch: performs a forward search ignoring spaces and newlines
• :HexSearchBack: same as HexSearch, but backward
• :HexReformat: properly reformats the hexa content
• :HexBin: switches between binary and hexa representation
• :HexRun: runs the binary file
• :HexGoto: goes to the given hexa position
• :Hex: open current file as a binary file
• :UnHex: open original file

Usage

• / triggers the HexSearch command
• ? triggers the HexSearchBack command
• Enter triggers the HexRun command
• r replace a single character in the ASCII representation

Dependencies

This plugin requires python3 and xxd.

Credits

This plugin was inspired by Raafat Turki's hex.nvim excellent plugin.