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