Hex editing using vim for windows

[lepton]

Anybody use the windows version of vim?

I want to have the data displayed in hex dump format (like using "xxd" and "xxd -r" on the linux version), but of course xxd doesn't work on windows.

The "ga" command will show the hex representation of the byte under the cursor, but it's "display only".

Not a major problem since I also have UltraEdit -- just curious.

Dave

[Dunx]

xxd is included in the vim distribution which comes with Cygwin.

I don't see why xxd itself should necessarily not work on Windows, though - it's just a filter program, isn't it?

[lepton]

As a newbie in the *nix world, I didn't pay any attention to the Cygwin link at the bottom of the vim/windows download page (at vim.org). I'm sure that's what I'm missing -- thanks for the information.

Dave
(Better to ask and look dumb than to sit in the dark wondering.)