Tiny Core Linux
Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Talk => Topic started by: aswjh on August 25, 2012, 08:30:11 PM
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I try to run uex on tinycore linux,but get a popup message "unable to initialize license management layer",
What shall i prepare for running uex on tinycore linux?thanks.
[EDIT]: Removed two attachments due to probable forum policy violation. Rich
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Posting direct links to packages is not useful...
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Hi aswjh
The links in your post were direct links to download commercial packages containing binaries, so I removed them.
I don't know which features of this package you are interested in, but have you looked at geany? It has support for
may different programming, scripting, and markup languages, a sidebar that shows symbols and functions,
multiple tabs, and more. It's in the repository.
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sorry :)
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Hi aswjh
The links in your post were direct links to download commercial packages containing binaries, so I removed them.
I don't know which features of this package you are interested in, but have you looked at geany? It has support for
may different programming, scripting, and markup languages, a sidebar that shows symbols and functions,
multiple tabs, and more. It's in the repository.
I am using geany now,i like it very much too,
but geany is not a hex editor,so try ultraedit for linux,
thanks
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Hi aswjh
If a terminal based hex editor is acceptable, take a look at hexedit. At 20K it's lightweight. The helpfile is not
included, and the three function keys don't work, at least on my machine, but there are control key alternatives.
It can open dev files according to the documentaion, should you wish to do sector editing, see:
http://linux.die.net/man/1/hexedit
If you are looking for something fancier, you might want to Google linux hex editor and try something that
was written to run under Linux, rather than something that was ported to Linux as an afterthought.
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Hi aswjh
I did a Google search on linux hex editor fltk and came across mickey on sourceforge here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mickey/files/mickey/mickey-0.1.13/
I downloaded and unpacked mickey-0.1.13.linuxELFx86.tar.gz into a test directory. It contains only one
executable called mickey. Running ldd ./mickey showed libstdc++.so.5 was missing. After installing
libstdc++-5.0.7.tcz it came right up. Although I did not test it extensively, I did play with it a while. Even though
it has not been updated since 2004, it looks like a very nice program and showed no quirks that I could see.
A slightly clipped screen shot is attached.
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Midnight Commander can do hex editing.
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Micky is very good,
thank you.
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Hi aswjh
You are welcome, I thought you might like it. I read a description on one site that mentioned a limitation on
file sizes, though they did not mention what that limit was. I used mickey to open the TC source tar ball which
weighs in at 44Mbytes, went to the end of the file, and found the size reported by mickey matched that reported
by ls. Please keep us apprised of your user experience with mickey, good or bad.
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(mickey)
Hmmm... I'll bet that'd make a nice tcz... ;D
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I found mickey can't search in hex column.
Mickey can open archlinux iso file(385M) sucessfully,but fail to open linuxmint(811M).
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I found mickey can't search in hex column.
mc can.
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Hi aswjh
I found mickey can't search in hex column.
I downloaded the source package, and in the source file under todo it lists changing the meaning of "Search"
between ASCII and hex depending on the active editing window. That said, you can search based on hex values,
though in a round about way. Click on New, then File->Save As and create a dummy file. Enter your search value
in the hex column, highlight it with the mouse, copy with Ctrl-C, select the tab of the file you want to search, and
paste (Ctrl-V) into the search field. Click Search (or hit enter) and it will find it.
Mickey can open archlinux iso file(385M) sucessfully,but fail to open linuxmint(811M).
Mickey tries to allocate memory based on the file size to read the entire file into RAM. If you don't have enough
RAM, it will fail.
Although I still feel this is a nice program, I feel compelled to add that as a basic hex editor it is only 95% there.
Shortcomings, quirks, observations, etc.:
1. As mentioned above, hex searches should be better supported.
2. The cursor field should at the very least allow you to set the cursor position, though select and offset would be nice too.
3. If you click New and try to edit, it seg faults because a file name has not yet been assigned.
4. The source code has at least one instance of a pointer from a malloc call being passed to a read without checking it.
5. No undo implemented. Having at least one level of undo would be nice.
6. You can Cut and Copy from the ASCII and hex columns but not paste to them.
7. Resizing: Char, float, and double fields collide when reducing window width. Closing and restarting mickey fixes it.
Making the window unusably small causes the program to terminate with a "Floating point exception".
Features:
1. Tabs so you can open multiple files.
2. Supports insert and overwrite modes. Can also delete bytes.
3. The program remembers your preferred window size and position. Config file in ~/.fltk/matthiasm.com/
4. The byte the cursor is currently on is displayed in byte, word, dword, char, float, and double formats.
5. The cursor field can be displayed as hex or decimal.
6. The data1 field can be displayed as hex, binary, decimal, or octal, as well as big or little endian.
7. Has a clean and simple interface, exactly what one would want from a simple editor.
Those appear to be the basic highlights and lowlights of this program.
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You know what this calls for Rich ;)
Abandoned app, one that you use, with clear itches - why not fork it and post mickey2 to sf.net with your fixes?
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Hi curaga
Abandoned app
I mentioned that it has not been updated since 2004.
one that you use
These days I don't edit in hex. Before mentioning such an old program, I figured I should take it for a quick spin.
Guess I should have spun it a bit harder. Regardless, I decided I would post a more balanced overview.
why not fork it and post mickey2 to sf.net with your fixes?Yeah, like I didn't see that coming. While I occasionally do some C programming, this program is written in C++,
and to that I say "Never. I'll never turn to the Dark Side.".
This would be better suited to someone who is competent in C++ and FLTK programming, not an amateur like me.
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I managed to compile the source code on TCL 4.x (needed one change) and build a small tcz (44k) for it. If anyone shouts "jay", I'll submit it.
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why not fork it and post mickey2 to sf.net with your fixes?Yeah, like I didn't see that coming. While I occasionally do some C programming, this program is written in C++,
and to that I say "Never. I'll never turn to the Dark Side.".
This would be better suited to someone who is competent in C++ and FLTK programming, not an amateur like me.
Don't say that. I've heard that too often on why someone doesn't contribute to FOSS. How else will you gain experience?
Your list included some items fairly easy to fix; you could start with the malloc one and work up from there.
Of course if you don't have use for the hex editor, no need then. ;)