Short: XPK in E V1.0 Author: rodrigue@iles.siera.ups-tlse.fr (Frédéric RODRIGUES) Type: dev/e Requires: kickstart 2+, E 2.1b+, XPK $VER: xPKE 1.0 (18-3-97) © Frédéric RODRIGUES freeware XPK Packing in E $VER: xPipe 1.0 (18-3-97) © Frédéric RODRIGUES freeware XPK type utility WHAT IT IS ~~~~~~~~~~ My examples are based on xPack v1.5 by Matthias Scheler but are not the same. I included the xpk modules which I compiled directly from asm includes of util/pack/xpkDevelop.lha because modules from dev/e/xpk25Edev.lha cannot work with E 2.1b and there is a bug. I corrected this and spread it to you. xPKE is slightly different from the original xPack.c. It has the TARGET option wich permits you to specify a directory to recieve the (Un)Packed files. For the other options see the documentation of xPack. However there is a small problem with the program. It's because there is a bug on the MatchEnd() function of dos.library : you cannot change a file while you examine it. There is the same problem with xPack. ex: 1> xPKE df0: all method NUKE -> crashes 1> xPKE ram:#? -> crashes 1> xPKE df0:docs/mydoc.e ram:dummy env:var method NUKE -> works 1> xPKE df0: all TARGET ram: method NUKE -> works (the problem disappear with the TARGET option) There is another little problem : I was not able to get CTRLC-BREAK working on (de)packing in the hook function. I don't understand why. I you know the answer mail me and I will put it on the next version. I included the xpk docs (© Urban Mueller). I hope he'll not be discontented with this. (message to Urban : if you don't like this tell me). In this way you have everything to work. I included another example : xPipe wich is a type utility. LEGAL STUFF ~~~~~~~~~~~ xPKE is declared freeware. This is intended for a learning use to encourage programming of XPK in E. Do whatever you want with the files but keep all files unchanged and together if you distribute it. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. HOW TO REACH ME ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ by email : rodrigue@iles.siera.ups-tlse.fr (IP 130.120.84.50) by mail : Frédéric RODRIGUES 4 allées Antonio Machado app 3009D 31100 Toulouse I would like you to inform me of your future works with XPK. Feel free to contact me for information. I will be happy to help you. Message to programmers: I've tried to build a patcher for transparent XPK'ing. If you are able to program a patcher like EPU, please send me some info. Good programming ! ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 14417 4271 70.3% 26-Nov-96 22:03:22 +xpkmaster.doc 7412 2576 65.2% 26-Nov-96 22:03:22 +xpksub.doc 3080 1370 55.5% 20-Feb-97 11:53:48 +xpk.m 588 323 45.0% 20-Feb-97 11:54:42 +xpksub.m 125 104 16.8% 05-Mar-97 22:42:56 +xpk.m 109 74 32.1% 17-Jan-96 00:15:40 +xpksub.m 1188 810 31.8% 05-Mar-97 22:44:10 +xPipe 5024 2407 52.0% 05-Mar-97 23:34:12 +xPKE 3095 1580 48.9% 05-Mar-97 23:46:30 +XPK.doc 855 460 46.1% 05-Mar-97 22:44:02 +xPipe.e 6121 2108 65.5% 05-Mar-97 23:33:58 +xPKE.e -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 42014 16083 61.7% 28-Mar-97 22:59:26 11 files