gksmith@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Gary Smith) (07/07/89)
Does anyone know of an editor which will allow me to modify bytes in a binary files? For example, I would like to be able to replace a byte, whose offset from the beginning of a file is phi, with a byte whose value is omega. I am looking for something a little more fancy than this but the point should be clear. Thanks, Gary. Ps. Is it available on a Fish Disk.
limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) (07/07/89)
For heavy binary mucking, I'm sure a sector-editor that knows about
files would be your best bet, but I'd like to recommend a good
solution for light editing. I use a PD Strings program along with
CygnusEd Professional. CED Pro isn't public domain, but it's a
bargain (it has the exact features I need, plus a zillion more, plus
it is uncrashable, plus an ARexx port).
So, if you're in the market for a good (commercial) text editor, but
want to do some binary editing every once in a while, I'd recommend
CygnusEd Pro and use the fact that it'll read a binary file (and let
you enter chars in decimal).
-Tom
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"DEC's All-In-1 isn't completely useless, but it's a nice attempt."thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) (07/10/89)
Re: editing binary files on the Amiga ... Look for the program NewZAP (formerly FileZap) by John Hodgson. It's in the Fish Disk collection. Latest version is, I believe, 3.1, but 3.0 works fine, too.