Can't write when using :Hexmode, -b works

[normen]

Hi,

thanks for this plugin, very handy!

I seem to have issues when using the :Hexmode command however. When I save a file that was opened using the -b command line option it works as intended but when I open the file normally and then run :Hexmode theres always issues saving the file. Vim complains about a 'Conversion Error in Line X' in that case and the file ends up corrupted. Anyone having the same issue?

Thanks again, Normen

[fidian]

I just tested it and it worked fine for me. Did you try disabling any plugins you might have installed?

[Pxlatn]

I've had the same issue, but only due to loading a binary file in 'nobinary' mode (my mistake). It's reproducible even when bypassing the vimrc and loading hexmode.vim directly (vim -u hexmode.vim). I am testing using a PNG file, on Linux.

Disabling the binary mode detection (line 79) shows that everything is fine if the file is loaded with :e ++bin $file, but not with :e ++nobin $file.

When writing after running :Hexmode vim prints the following.

CONVERSION ERROR in line 3;[noeol] 3L, 87C written

Additionally some of the bytes changed (a d99f pair was changed to bf, the trailing 0a was removed).

I imagine this is due to the conversions that 'binary' prevents, but I'm not experienced enough with vim's internals to know which in particular.

[ranebrown]

I think I had a similar problem and created this to get things working based on some info I found online.

    " correctly save edits to hex file
    function! Hexsave()
        set noendofline
        %s#^[^:]*: \(\%(\x\+ \)\+\) .*#\1# | %!xxd -r -p
        %!xxd
        write
    endfunction
    command! Hexsave call Hexsave()