Mahlet-Inc / Mahlet-Inc/hobbits
Display decimal integer and float representation at cursor
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- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 751
- Forks
- 49
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
Would be very valuable to interpret the bits beginning at cursor as a decimal number or floating point while in hex and binary view. In other hex editors this feature is useful to identify file offsets, for example.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No file, test, or entry point is identified in the issue. Begin by tracing the hex and binary views at the cursor, then define how decimal-integer and floating-point interpretations should be selected and displayed. Done means both representations are available for the bits beginning at the cursor.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- desktop, reverse-engineering
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100