SlickEdit has the most powerful Hex Editing features available. Open and edit binary files. Edit files as normal text, Hex, or Line Hex. Search and replace binary characters using Perl regular expressions.
Using Hex or Line Hex view is as easy as picking "Hex" or "Line Hex" from the View menu. When you put a file in Hex or Line Hex view, Auto-restore will automatically open it that way until you take it out of hex view. Click here to try it free!
- Hex Editing
- Edit binary files and choose to view as normal text, hex, or line hex.
- Hex View - Edit hex nibbles on the left and text on the right.
- Line Hex - View file normally with hex nibbles underneath each line.
- Find and Replace - Find and replace binary files using Perl regular expressions.
- User Interface
- Multiple Document Group Interface - Document tabs (and groups of tabs) can be floated as separate top-level windows, allowing better use of multiple monitors Files can be dragged and dropped to move between tab groups or to create new groups.
- Tool Windows - You can now dock tool windows to floating window groups. You can also create named layouts for floating window groups.
- Emulations - Choose from fifteen keyboard emulations, containing the key bindings and behaviors necessary to emulate other editors.
- Command Line - The command line provides instant access to the most powerful SlickEdit commands without ever touching the mouse.
- Slick-C® Supports Building Multi-Platform GUI Dialogs - SlickEdit's macro language supports creating multi-platform GUI dialog boxes.
- Tools
- Text Editing
- Large File Editing - High performance editing of files up to 2TB.
- Auto-Completions - Completions reduce keystrokes by automatically completing symbols as you type.
- Word Completion - Complete the text at the cursor by matching existing text in your file.
- Multiple Cursors and Selections - Perform multiple edits at the same time on different lines/selections.
- Multi-File Search and Replace - SlickEdit has the most powerful search engine available.
- Block Selections - Block Selections, sometimes called Column Selections, allow you to easily copy, cut, paste, and overlay column oriented data.
- Syntax-driven Searching - Use the Color Coding engine to reduce the number of false positives in your searches by restricting searches based on program syntax.
- Regex Evaluator - Allows you to type a regular expression and run it against test cases, highlighting matched expressions and groups.
- Spell Check - SlickEdit's spell checker will also detect repeated words, and allow you to spell check only in comments and strings.
- Auto Save - SlickEdit's Auto Save feature saves after a period of inactivity or an absolute period of time.
- Smart Line Selections - Line selections for single or multiple lines are pasted above or below the current line of code.
- Multiple Clipboards - Need to paste something from several copies ago? No problem.
- Aliases - Define short names that can be expanded to insert text into a file or directory path in SlickEdit, using (Ctrl+Space).
- Recorded and Programmable Macros - Use macros to automate frequently repeated tasks.