[Feature] Open project file with "open project" if it is a CLI argument to the imhex executable.

[Poikilos]

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What feature would you like to see?

I would like to be able to associate hexproj files with ImHex in the operating system.

How will this feature be useful to you and others?

File association is a common OS operation most users expect to be able to do.

The file could be detected by the file extension. If that isn't enough, you could check for the tar header and look inside of it.

Why make automatic detection: You could just assume it is a project file, but that is not advisable since people may use the "open with" feature to open some random non-project file with ImHex.

When I first did "open with" ImHex on a hexproj file, I was very confused until I realized I was examining the binary of the project file and not utilizing the project file to examine the provider.

Request Type

• [X] I can provide a PoC for this feature or am willing to work on it myself and submit a PR

Additional context?

No response

[iTrooz]

Hey, I agree with the feature, and I'd like you to submit a PR if you can

@WerWolv Do you agree ?

[WerWolv]

Oh yeah this would only require a very small change. Basically when you choose Open as -> ImHex, all the OS does is start the ImHex executable with the path to the file as the first parameter. Instead of just opening that file directly, instead the same file-type resolution that's being used when drag-n-dropping a file onto Imhex should be used to determine what to do with it.

[iTrooz]

(You might want to wait for #1172 to be merged before starting)

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[Poikilos]

#1172 was merged. Can the feature be considered now?

[WerWolv]

I believe this already works now. Please try with the latest version of ImHex. If not, I can absolutely add it now