Documentation

A new documentation for ImHex (mainly the pattern language right now) is in the works and can be found here: https://imhex.werwolv.net/docs. It is a lot more detailed than the one found on the Wiki here and contains information about all the new features as well. Check it out!

Changelog

Additions

Added File Utils
- File Shredder: Safely deletes files
- File splitter: Splits a file into multiple smaller files of a given size
- File combiner: Combines multiple smaller files into a single one
Added custom font size setting
- As this only works for custom fonts, the option is available only by manually editing the hex.builtin.setting.interface.font_size setting in the config file
Added support for include files in Yara Rules
Pattern Files dropped onto ImHex are now automatically opened in the pattern editor
Yara rules and magic databases dropped onto ImHex are now copied to their respective folder

Pattern Language

Added the auto datatype for functions to accept any variable type
Added inheritance for structs
Moved all std::str functions to std::string since they were not accessible anymore
Comments (//, /* */) and preprocessor directives are now ignored inside strings
Added [[inline]] attribute to allow struct, union and array members to be displayed without adding deeper nesting
Added [[transform]] attribute to allow modifying the a value before it's being accessed through the dot syntax
Added [[pointer_base]] attribute to allow making pointers relative from different regions of the file or to calculate a custom offset
Fixed unary expressions behaving wrong in parenthesis
Fixed boolean mathematical expressions and cast syntax
Fixed std::string::substr
Fixed enum entry scope resolution
Fixed accessing strings as rvalues
Fixed pointer offset calculation
Fixed recursive types
Respect endianess when accessing rvalues
Fixed member access inside of an if body

Standard Library

The pattern language now has a proper standard library
- Information about all available functions can be found in the documentation
- To use it, please download it from the store or from ImHex's Pattern Repo
Added std::http allowing HTTP GET requests from the pattern language
Added std::bit for common bit operatons
Added C Types files containing C/C++ type definitions (uint32_t, float64_t, etc)
Added Rust Types files containing Rust type definitions (i32, f64, etc)
Added std::ctype to inspect ASCII character traits
Added std::fxpt with fixed point number conversion and arithmetic
Added std::limits with minimal and maximal values for different data types
Added std::math with common math functions
Added std::ptr with helper functions for the [[pointer_base]] attribute
Added additional std::string functions. (std::string::parse_int, std::string::to_string, std::string::contains and more)

Improvements

Improved automatic pattern loading based on the MIME type of the currently loaded data
- This can be turned off in the settings
Improved Hex editor Find and Goto popup