SlickEdit User Guide

TEXT EDITING
The figure below shows how the original example changes when you type “int” at the cursor while the block
is selected.
Hex Mode Editing
You can enable Hex view/edit mode on a per-document or language-specific basis:
• To view the current binary or text file in a Hex mode, click View > Hex or View > Line Hex (or use
the commands hex or linehex, respectively).
• To enable Hex or Line Hex view on a language-specific basis, so that each file opened in that
language is displayed in Hex mode, use the Language-Specific View Options.
If you close a file in Hex mode, the file will be displayed in Hex mode the next time it is opened. When the
cursor is in hex data, the data can be overwritten or hex nibbles (characters 0 through F) can be inserted.
When the cursor is in the text data, overwrite it if you want, or insert text characters the same as if editing a
text file. All of the search and replace commands work while SlickEdit® is in Hex mode. Only character
selections are displayed when in Hex mode.
See also Hex/Line Hex View for more information.
Hex/Text View Key Bindings
Hex mode key bindings override normal key bindings for the emulation. Most of the other emulation keys
will perform the same operation. However, keys that are bound to the following commands perform hex
cursor motion: top_of_buffer, bottom_of_buffer, page_up, page_down, begin_line, end_line,
begin_line_text_toggle, cursor_left, and cursor_right.
Hex/Text View Operation Key Shortcut
Delete Byte to Left of Cursor and Move Cursor Left Backspace
Delete Byte Under Cursor Delete
Move Cursor to Beginning of Hex Line Home
Move Cursor to Last Character of Hex Line End
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