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GodMode9 Explorer - A full access file browser for the Nintendo 3DS console :godmode:
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[FEATURE REQUEST] Keyboard in hex editor #629

Closed SirEnder125 closed 4 years ago

SirEnder125 commented 4 years ago

Describe the feature you'd like Keyboard in hex editor, because the current value changing method is very difficult to use. please look into adding this.

SirEnder125 commented 4 years ago

Has this request been acknowledged?

d0k3 commented 4 years ago

Yup, we've seen it. Still considering it. Problem here: the keyboard only has a limited number of available chars. We can't input the whole range of ASCII symbols with it. Did you think about editing hex values directly? That only makes sense when you edit several values at once.

SirEnder125 commented 4 years ago

I'm not sure what you mean by editing hex values directly, but I understand how the keyboard would be difficult to do. Anyway, thanks for answering.

d0k3 commented 4 years ago

I'll give you an example. The char 'A' has the hex value 0x41. If you edit it, you can either edit the char (problematic, keyboard would need 256 keys), or just edit the hex value.

SirEnder125 commented 4 years ago

Oh, yeah, I understand now. Thank you.

SirEnder125 commented 4 years ago

What about a keyboard that only edits the values? keyboard with (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F) keys?? Suppose you know that the value needs to be 00 but it's 55 you have to decrease it and it takes time and that adds up when editing multiple values. but a keyboard that only edits the values other than the characters, I think would be much better

d0k3 commented 4 years ago

I have my doubts that would really be much faster than the current method. It would only be if we'd be able to edit multiple bytes at a time. Also keep in mind, GM9 is not intended for large scale hex editing - there would be several issues with that, starting with limited controls (buttons, touchscreen), limited screens, limited memory and slow read / write operations.

Can you name a use case that would profit from touchscreen controls here?

SirEnder125 commented 4 years ago

Well, it would be helpful for editing saves faster, and making GM9 scripts without having to take out SD card.

d0k3 commented 4 years ago

Okay, thought about it. Editing scripts in a hex editor is not a good idea - you'd need a text editor for this (which we don't have, and which is off the table for now). Closing this for now, as there's a lot of other stuff to do. Know that feature requests are always appreciated, even if this one didn't make it into GM9.