Bless - Gtk# Hex Editor

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Frequently Asked Questions

Philosophical Questions

Why did you start Bless? Aren't there enough hex editors?

There aren't enough free (as in speech) graphical hex editors. The two main ones are khexedit and ghex. Khexedit hasn't been updated in years and ghex is moving very slowly.

So, why didn't you contribute to one of the existing projects?

I wanted to try out the mono/Gtk# combination for graphical applications and none such project existed.

What kind of name is Bless?

It is a wordplay on the word hex. Hex also means curse and a bless(ing) is the opposite of a curse.

Technical Questions

How can I get the latest source of Bless?

Bless uses Gnu Arch as its version control system. After you install Gnu Arch on your system use the following command to register my archive at gna.org (replace [at] with '@' and [dot] with '.'):

tla register-archive alf82[at]freemail[dot]gr--2004-signed http://arch.gna.org/bless/archive-2004

To download the latest version of bless into bless-dir use:

tla get -A alf82[at]freemail[dot]gr--2004-signed bless--main bless-dir

If you already downloaded a previous version and want to update to the latest version use:

tla update -A alf82[at]freemail[dot]gr--2004-signed

from within the directory that contains the previous version.

I don't like the way Bless displays data. Can I change it?

Yes! Bless is highly customizable. Read the documentation at section