Support xxd's -g flag
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Description
xxd has -g flag:
Usage:
xxd [options] [infile [outfile]]
or
xxd -r [-s [-]offset] [-c cols] [-ps] [infile [outfile]]
Options:
-a toggle autoskip: A single '*' replaces nul-lines. Default off.
-b binary digit dump (incompatible with -ps,-i,-r). Default hex.
-C capitalize variable names in C include file style (-i).
-c cols format <cols> octets per line. Default 16 (-i: 12, -ps: 30).
-E show characters in EBCDIC. Default ASCII.
-e little-endian dump (incompatible with -ps,-i,-r).
-g number of octets per group in normal output. Default 2 (-e: 4).
-h print this summary.
-i output in C include file style.
-l len stop after <len> octets.
-o off add <off> to the displayed file position.
-ps output in postscript plain hexdump style.
-r reverse operation: convert (or patch) hexdump into binary.
-r -s off revert with <off> added to file positions found in hexdump.
-s [+][-]seek start at <seek> bytes abs. (or +: rel.) infile offset.
-u use upper case hex letters.
-v show version: "xxd V1.10 27oct98 by Juergen Weigert".
For example, xxd -l 32 ftplugin/xxd/cursor.vim:
00000000: 6675 6e63 7469 6f6e 2120 733a 6869 6768 function! s:high
00000010: 6c69 6768 7428 290a 2020 6966 2065 7869 light(). if exi
and xxd -g 4 -l 32 ftplugin/xxd/cursor.vim:
00000000: 66756e63 74696f6e 2120733a 68696768 function! s:high
00000010: 6c696768 7428290a 20206966 20657869 light(). if exi
When the cursor is on the first 66, the highlighting goes to the fifth character, t.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with ftplugin/xxd/cursor.vim and inspect how the cursor position is derived from normal xxd output. Compare the shown default grouping with the xxd -g 4 example, then verify that placing the cursor on the first 66 highlights the fifth character as described. No test file is mentioned, so use these command-output examples as the completion check.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- vim
- Domain
- cli, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100