Show Character Code: update

[Vitaliy_D]

There is an existing interesting plugin “Show Character Code” which shows a hex and dec code of a character under the caret in the status line.
I’ve created a small update to this plugin a few years ago. That update allows to show either both hex & dec code (as the original implementation) or just the hex code. The selected mode is saved into a user settings file “ShowCharacterCode.sublime-settings”.

The code is here:

GitHub - d0vgan/ShowCharacterCode at feature/different-modes-and-command-palette

And here is the pull request to the original plugin’s repository:

Adding different modes and the command palette items

I’m wondering: if the original author does not react, does it make sense to transform my changes into a new plugin with a similar name? What is the usual approach?

[deathaxe]

It is a common practice to transfer ownership or re-target abandoned packages to new repositories.

A common way is to fork original repository, to maintain history and move on developing. If new releases require higher ST builds, ensure to provide a tag for latest available commit, compatible with an old ST build and adjust release info on package_control_channel accordingly. New releases go into separate release branch then.

Before merging a re-targetted package registration, original author is informed about that change and can respond within 2 weeks.