tested hexdump, sort of working

init.lua

@@ -59,3 +59,22 @@ end
 require("config.lsp")
 -- render bufferline
 require("bufferline").setup{}
+
+	-- defaults
+	require 'hex'.setup {
+	  -- cli command used to dump hex data
+	  dump_cmd = 'xxd -g 1 -u',
+	  -- cli command used to assemble from hex data
+	  assemble_cmd = 'xxd -r',
+	  -- function that runs on BufReadPre to determine if it's binary or not
+	  is_file_binary_pre_read = function()
+	    -- logic that determines if a buffer contains binary data or not
+	    -- must return a bool
+	  end,
+	  -- function that runs on BufReadPost to determine if it's binary or not
+	  is_file_binary_post_read = function()
+	    -- logic that determines if a buffer contains binary data or not
+	    -- must return a bool
+	  end,
+	}
+

lazy-lock.json

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   "gemini-cli.nvim": { "branch": "main", "commit": "c9fd62adda823628f5131a939d9c56ef7a898600" },
   "gitsigns.nvim": { "branch": "main", "commit": "0f00d07c2c3106ba6abd594ac1c17f211141b7b5" },
   "guess-indent.nvim": { "branch": "main", "commit": "84a4987ff36798c2fc1169cbaff67960aed9776f" },
+  "hex.nvim": { "branch": "master", "commit": "b46e63356a69e8d6f046c38a9708d55d17f15038" },
   "hologram.nvim": { "branch": "main", "commit": "f5194f71ec1578d91b2e3119ff08e574e2eab542" },
   "inc-rename.nvim": { "branch": "main", "commit": "0074b551a17338ccdcd299bd86687cc651bcb33d" },
   "lazy.nvim": { "branch": "main", "commit": "306a05526ada86a7b30af95c5cc81ffba93fef97" },