https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=500980
Bug ID: 500980
Summary: Allow hiding large empty/zero blocks (or add colored
memory overview)
Classification: Applications
Product: okteta
Version: 0.26.19
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: kosse...@kde.org
Reporter: nilskemail+...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
In some cases it is common to work on files where a large portion of them is
empty (e.g. working on filesystem dumps).
Scrolling across these sections always takes time and risks skipping over some
data. Tools like od and hexdump automatically skip sections of consecutive
zeros for exactly this reason (though they are CLI tools where this is even
more important).
Okteta should learn a view setting which collapses large zero regions (maybe
with a configurable threshold).
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Create large, mostly empty file (e.g. `dd if=/dev/zero...`)
2. Hide some important data throughout the file at random offsets (e.g. using
okteta)
3. Open the file in okteta and try to rediscover the exact places where the
data is
OBSERVED RESULT
It is very hard to find exactly where the non-zero segments in the file are.
EXPECTED RESULT
There should be an easy way to skip zero segments or a tool to help discover
non-zero fragments. Some tools also offer visual/color representations of the
data for exactly these purposes (with the added benefit of easily spotting
repeating structures)
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