Original Post
Hello,
I have created a custom file format for my engine which uses both standard text and binary data. Eventually I will implement creation of these files in a level or world editor, but for the time being I am editing them by hand. My question is how do I conveniently enter delimiting characters into the file, i.e. null and /n, etc. I have been using a hex editor, but it is not convenient for entering non-0 delimiters, and can introduce bugs if data is input at the wrong location (because I cannot intuitively tell where the delimiter should go, I have to count and use the side-bar text representation of the hex). Is there a better way which would allow me to type in '0' or something so that a normal text editor would know that this is a null and NOT a 0 char?
Thanks in advance.
- Dave Ottley
I have created a custom file format for my engine which uses both standard text and binary data. Eventually I will implement creation of these files in a level or world editor, but for the time being I am editing them by hand. My question is how do I conveniently enter delimiting characters into the file, i.e. null and /n, etc. I have been using a hex editor, but it is not convenient for entering non-0 delimiters, and can introduce bugs if data is input at the wrong location (because I cannot intuitively tell where the delimiter should go, I have to count and use the side-bar text representation of the hex). Is there a better way which would allow me to type in '0' or something so that a normal text editor would know that this is a null and NOT a 0 char?
Thanks in advance.
- Dave Ottley
