In-place pattern member editing (a-la 010 Editor)?

[Kein]

010 Editor has a neat feature that allows you to edit processed pattern results in place. For example, for struct like

struct Test {
   u32 Var1;
}

you can use the pattern result UI to write back at that location u32 value. It also supports specifiers like <read> and <write> that can customize how the value will be read into UI results and written back into the file (so you can convert user string to hash, for example).

I've read the new docs over https://imhex.werwolv.net/docs/core_language/core_language.html but didnt find anything mentioning it.

[WerWolv]

Hey
It's something that's on the list of things I want to implement eventually.
We currently have the [[format]] attribute which is basically what <read> is in 010 but we don't yet have anything for <write> and I honestly also don't know a good name for it. And changing [[format]] to [[format_read]] and [[format_write]] isn't really an option either since it would break a lot of existing code. Sounds like a small issue but it's what currently holds me back from implementing it ^^

[Kein]

Yeah, I saw the [[format]] attr for reading.

And changing [[format]] to [[format_read]] and [[format_write]] isn't really an option either since it would break a lot of existing code.

Elaborate? What the issue of having 2 attributes aliased i.e. [[format]] and [[format_read]] are doing the same, where as [[format]] being deprecated but kept for legacy reasons. It is a valid approach, even if it does not please OCD to full extent. The only issue I see you gonna need to implement aliased check to avoid 2 of the same attributes used (i.e. [[format, format_read]] would blow up). The advantage of that is having alias system allows at some point later to introduce condensed attributes, for example [[f_read]] or [[fr]] (flexing with pattern one-liners?).

The lack of write (as well as lack of the ability to set UI to decimal offsets/size values) is what keeps me from actually trying to migrate from 010, since a LOT of my patterns are complex so they require commitment.