When you edit the file in Bless and then edit the file outside of Bless, bless asks to reload or ignore the changes. When new size of the file is smaller, and all the data is selected (ctrl+a), Bless crashes on reload.
How to reproduce:
echo 1234567890 > test.bin
Open test.bin in Bless
Press ctrl+a in Bless
echo 1234 > test.bin
Press reload in Bless
Bless crashes
Exception in Gtk# callback delegate
Note: Applications can use GLib.ExceptionManager.UnhandledException to handle the exception.
System.IndexOutOfRangeException: ByteBuffer[5]
at Bless.Buffers.ByteBuffer.get_Item (System.Int64 index) [0x0004c] in <c2988b8c99eb458fa3ad609bd93e4a45>:0
at Bless.Buffers.ByteBuffer.RangeToByteArray (Bless.Util.IRange range) [0x0002e] in <c2988b8c99eb458fa3ad609bd93e4a45>:0
at Bless.Gui.Plugins.PatternHighlighter.BeforeRender (Bless.Gui.Areas.AreaGroup ag) [0x00067] in <561c6d16058249b594bef4dc188f5293>:0
at Bless.Gui.Areas.AreaGroup.Render (System.Boolean force) [0x0001d] in <750a4b64d25f4095b052e511c19ad2b3>:0
at Bless.Gui.Areas.AreaGroup.<SetChanged>m__0 (System.Object , System.EventArgs ) [0x00055] in <750a4b64d25f4095b052e511c19ad2b3>:0
at Gtk.Application+InvokeCB.Invoke () [0x00000] in <7aab76e87bce48a4b45cf7fa613cb70c>:0
at GLib.Timeout+TimeoutProxy.Invoke (System.IntPtr data) [0x00000] in <ed39f21b9e9343dcbd442a17ad356a9f>:0
at GLib.SourceProxy.HandlerInternal (System.IntPtr data) [0x00000] in <ed39f21b9e9343dcbd442a17ad356a9f>:0
at GLib.ExceptionManager.RaiseUnhandledException (System.Exception e, System.Boolean is_terminal) [0x00000] in <ed39f21b9e9343dcbd442a17ad356a9f>:0
at GLib.SourceProxy.HandlerInternal (System.IntPtr data) [0x00000] in <ed39f21b9e9343dcbd442a17ad356a9f>:0
at Gtk.Application.gtk_main () [0x00000] in <7aab76e87bce48a4b45cf7fa613cb70c>:0
at Gtk.Application.Run () [0x00000] in <7aab76e87bce48a4b45cf7fa613cb70c>:0
at BlessMain..ctor (System.String[] args) [0x00000] in <ec18755d4cac4c61aedeff7956353145>:0
at BlessMain.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000] in <ec18755d4cac4c61aedeff7956353145>:0
The issue is in PatternMatchHighlight plugin. Workaround: Edit→Preferences→Plugins→PatternMatchHighlight, untick "Highlight matches of selection pattern".
When you edit the file in Bless and then edit the file outside of Bless, bless asks to reload or ignore the changes. When new size of the file is smaller, and all the data is selected (ctrl+a), Bless crashes on reload.
How to reproduce:
echo 1234567890 > test.bin
echo 1234 > test.bin