GHEX(1)

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💖 GHEX — bestie's guide to the GNOME Hex Editor 💖

okay so. hi. you're here because you typed man ghex and honestly? iconic of you. this is ghex, the GNOME Hex Editor, and it is a whole vibe. let's get into it. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ghex — A GNOME Hex Editor 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ghex [options] files...

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so real talk, this manual page is just a lil quick doc for the ghex command. it was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program doesn't ship a manual page at all — instead it keeps all its docs in the GNOME help system. so this page? it's the understudy. and it ate. 💅

ghex lets you load data from literally any file and then view and edit it in either hex or ascii. a must for anyone playing games that use non-ascii format for saving. no cap. if you've ever opened a save file and it was just vibes and unreadable bytes, this is your moment bestie 🫶

✨ OPTIONS ✨

these programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-`). a summary of options is included below. 🧚

Usage: ghex [OPTION...]

🌸 GNOME options

  • --disable-sound — disable sound server usage 🔇
  • --enable-sound — enable sound server usage 🔊
  • --espeaker=HOSTNAME:PORT — Host:port on which the sound server to use is running
  • --version — (no description, it's just giving --version energy ✨)

🌸 Help options

  • -?, --help — show this help message 🆘
  • --usage — display brief usage message 📋

🌸 GTK options

  • --gdk-debug=FLAGS — Gdk debugging flags to set 🐛
  • --gdk-no-debug=FLAGS — Gdk debugging flags to unset 🚫🐛
  • --display=DISPLAY — X display to use 🖥️
  • --sync — make X calls synchronous ⏳
  • --no-xshm — don't use X shared memory extension 🙅
  • --name=NAME — program name as used by the window manager 🏷️
  • --class=CLASS — program class as used by the window manager 🏷️
  • --gxid_host=HOST — (no description, it's mysterious like that 🙈)
  • --gxid_port=PORT — (also no description, keep the mystery 🔮)
  • --xim-preedit=STYLE — (no description 💀)
  • --xim-status=STYLE — (no description 💀)
  • --gtk-debug=FLAGS — Gtk+ debugging flags to set 🐛
  • --gtk-no-debug=FLAGS — Gtk+ debugging flags to unset 🚫🐛
  • --g-fatal-warnings — make all warnings fatal ☠️ (yes, fatal. dramatic, but that's what it says.)
  • --gtk-module=MODULE — load an additional Gtk module 🧩

🌸 GNOME GUI options

  • --disable-crash-dialog — (no description given, it just says this. presumably it does what it says on the tin 💀)

🌸 Session management options

  • --sm-client-id=ID — specify session management ID 🆔
  • --sm-config-prefix=PREFIX — specify prefix of saved configuration 🗂️
  • --sm-disable — disable connection to session manager 🚪

✨ AUTHOR ✨

this manual page was written by Eric Gillespie, Jr. <epg@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). shoutout to Eric, we love a legend 👑

reminder bestie: every option here is exactly what it says, so don't go inventing new flags in your head. the hex editor doesn't need your creative writing 💅

that's the whole page, bestie! it's from the General Commands Manual for GHEX(1), dated April 14, 2001 — yes, a vintage queen, and she still slays. go edit some bytes. mwah 💖🦋✨

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