explorer: paint feature highlights via ev_get_bg_color hook
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enhancement
ida-explorer
- Dominant language
- Python
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Description
example here: https://github.com/williballenthin/idawilli/blob/1d3bbee0bbf12440cdaac4dacecf8021d5d5fe4f/plugins/colors.py#LL13C8-L13C24
benefits:
- we don't change the opened database, which helps when sharing the IDB elsewhere
- we don't have to clean up the colors when we're done running, or try to track state of each address
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
Start by reviewing the linked plugins/colors.py example and locating the explorer integration for the ev_get_bg_color hook. Confirm how feature highlights should be supplied without changing the opened database or tracking cleanup state. Done means the explorer paints the highlights through the hook while preserving the IDB.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- reverse-engineering
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100