WerWolv/ImHex v1.28.0

`match` statements, `bitfield` improvements, custom themes

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New projects

• The documentation that has been finally written from scratch for most of the important features of ImHex and the Pattern Language. You can find it at https://imhex.werwolv.net/docs

• The Pattern Language is now compatible with Emscripten so it can running in a browser! A proof of concept of this is available on https://pl.werwolv.net. It can do the same thing as the plcli's format option can do, it takes a pattern and a binary file and converts it to a JSON, YAML or HTML file.

New Plugins

Two new plugins have been developed for ImHex as well!

• Malcore Plugin - Allows you to upload binary data to the Malcore service for analysis
• Hashes Plugin - Adds tons of new hashes to the hashes view

Additions

• Rewrote the entire Diffing view to make it actually usable
• Added support for custom themes
  • These themes can either be downloaded through the Content Store or created and shared yourself through the Theme Manager
• Custom nodes can now be downloaded from the Content Store
• Added rotation and scale sliders to the 3D visualizer
• Added support for loading custom CA certs
• Added binary hex cell visualizer
• ImHex now once again loads the entire unicode character plain if possible
• Added option to disable saving of recently loaded files
• File -> Save As can now be used in all providers correctly
• Most string search options can now also be applied to the regex search
• Custom data inspector rows can now be edited
• Most main menu commands can now be found in the Command Palette (CTRL + SHIFT + P)
• Added a new byte swapper tool to the tools view
• Added new CRC hash types. Thanks to @jcreedon
• Added new Fedora 38 build. Thanks to @jonathanspw

Improvements

• Text editor now properly considers underscores as part of words
• Removed x3.0 and x4.0 scaling settings as these caused issues with GPU drivers often
• Files are no longer mapped into memory when opened by ImHex so other programs can keep using them now
• The choose file dialog entries are now correctly sorted and display their full path when hovered
• CTRL + N now properly creates a new memory file provider instead of opening a file picker. Thanks to @qux-bbb
• Chunk size and analysis region can now be specified in the data information view. Thanks to @Fenrisfulsur
• Custom encoding characters are now being rendered correctly when split between two lines
• Recent items are now being limited to 5 files at max
• The Yara match list is now sortable
• Drastically improved Bookmarks view
• Improved filtering speeds of the find view
• The current commit hash and branch now correctly shows up in the About view on release builds
• Providers now display better error messages when they can't load their data. Thanks to @iTrooz
• Search processes from the find view can now be correctly canceled
• A tooltip in the settings now informs the user about selecting custom fonts and scaling them
• Improved the look and feel of the content store
• Config files are now properly stored in the correct XDG directories on Linux
• Selected custom encoding files are now correctly saved to the current project file
• When a custom encoding is loaded and the ASCII column is disabled, there is no longer a huge gap now
• The Character padding setting now properly applies to the custom encoding column
• Improve loading speed of custom encoding files

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the bug where ImHex would keep jumping back up in the hex view when making a selection
• Fixed issues where UI was scaled too large
• Fixed editing of binary values in the data inspector
• Fixed various issues with the GDB provider
• Fixed string search not including strings at the end of the data
• Fixed rendering of UTF-16BE strings in find view
• Fixed find view string search filters filtering wrong characters. Thanks to @qux-bbb
• Fixed an issue where advancing to the next row when editing a byte would load the wrong value
• Fixed Yara view filtering out all but one match
• Fixed a crash when not making a valid selection in a provider load interface
• Fixed moving around the hex editor cursor with the arrow keys
• Fixed the standard magic file not always working correctly
• Saving and loading a pattern will no longer add a new line to it
• Using Save As on the current file no longer truncates it
• Fixed rare freezes when resizing ImHex
• Fixed occasional crashes when using ImHex through the Windows Remote Desktop
• Fixed entering of decimal and float values in the hex editor with the relevant cell visualizer selected
• Fixed filtering of long strings in the find view

Pattern Language

• Added match statements. Thanks a lot to @Nowilltolife
• Added std::math::accumulate. Thanks to @Nowilltolife
• Added std::random functions
• Added std::core::set_display_name function. Thanks to @amaksoft
• Absolute MASSIVE improvements to bitfields. Huge thanks to @Zaggy1024
  • Conditionals now work correctly inside of bitfields
  • Added support for unsigned, signed, boolean and enum fields inside of bitfields
  • Added support for nested bitfields and bitfield arrays inside of bitfields
  • Replaced [[left_to_right]] and [[right_to_left]] with a [[bitfield_order]] attribute that offers more control
  • Added support for using regular types inside of bitfields
• Massive improvements to templates. Again huge thanks to @Zaggy1024
  • Templates of the same type can now be nested
  • Template types can now be inherited from
  • Fixed various issues with templates in general
• Added support for using any type as pointer size type
• Added support for compiling the PatternLanguage to WebAssembly
• CRC32 function now correctly calculates their value the same way ImHex does
• Fixed highlighting of patterns placed in custom sections
• Fixed casts changing endianess in big endian mode
• Fixed 128 bit integer sign extension
• Fixed formatting of 128 bit enums
• Fixed placing of arrays in sections from within functions
• Fixed some occurrences of duplicate identifiers not being caught
• Fixed various issues related to doc comments
• Fixed rvalue accesses in custom sections
• Fixed type operators increasing the cursor position
• Fixed modifiying of big endian values. Thanks to @soxfox42
• Fixed issues with heap and pattern-local variables
• Fixed [[hidden]] and [[highlight_hidden]] attributes not working correctly
• Fixed creating of local variables in global scope
• Fixed parsing of nested templates

Absolute massive thanks to everybody that got involved in this Project in the past weeks. You're amazing <3

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