Edit menu

This topic describes the commands in the edit menu.

• Undo: Undo modifications
• Redo: Reapply the latest undone modification
• Clear undo buffer: When clearing the undo buffer of a file, all previously recorded modifications become permanent, so the "Undo" command is disabled until the file is modified again
• Copy: Copy the current selection to the clipboard
• Cut: Cut the current selection to the clipboard
• Paste: Paste clipboard contents into the active document. If the clipboards contains third party data, a dialog will be shown which allows you to select the data type
• Paste to new*: Paste clipboard contents into a new document. If the clipboards contains third party data, a dialog will be shown which allows you to select the data type
• Delete: Delete the current selection
• Goto: Shows a dialog where you can type a position to set the cursor to in the active document. This number may be prefixed by a minus "-" or plus "+" sign to enter a position relative to the current cursor position, by a greater than sign ">" to enter a position relative to the file's end or a n exclamation mark "!" to enter a virtual offset
• Select: Shows a "Selection" dialog where you can enter a block of data to be selected
• Store in position list: Adds the current cursor position/selection to the Position list
• Select all: Select all data in the active document
• Insert nibble: Inserts half a byte (4 bits=1 nibble) at the current cursor position into the document (so all data behind the cursor position is shifted 4 Bits to the right)
• Delete nibble: Deletes half a byte (4 bits=1 nibble) at the current cursor position in the document (so all data behind the cursor position is shifted 4 Bits to the left)
• Find/Replace: Opens the "Find/Replace" window which allows you to search for hex bytes or text in the active document. You can also replace data using this window. Find and replace processing can be cancelled by pressing the ALT key.
• Find next: Continue searching for text/data
• Find all and store: Shows a "Find" dialog where you can select text or data to search for. After clicking the "Find" button in this dialog, all occurences in the active document will be found and stored in the Position list.
• Convert: Opens the "Convert" dialog that allows you to convert the current selection/document from one charset to another (e.g. from Windows to EBCDIC) or from little endian to big endian and vice versa