Short: V2.0 - MODULAR,flexible recognition lib Author: Alexis 'Cyb' Nasr Uploader: nasr@hol.fr Version: 2.0 Type: util/libs Requires: Amiga OS2.04+,reqtools.library,xpkmaster.library Tested: A1200 (OS3.1,Blizzard A1230 IV/16Mb) Enforcer/MungWall/Segtracker Date: May 1997 Replaces: util/libs/dmlib_10.lha The package ~~~~~~~~~~~ It contains both the user & developer docs/sources. User will find interesting tools such as DMcontrol or ** DMlauncher ** the datamaster.library ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ datamaster.library is a standard Amiga Shared library. None of the existing recognition libraries suited my needs, so I decided to create mine (good old programmer's behaviour ;-) So...What is "so special" in datamaster? Well, here are its main features: * A MODULAR architecture,with external `recognizer's, that can be very easily listed, added, removed,etc... by user, with the DMcontrol program. These `recognizer's are real subprograms, not old classic user-defined strings! This means two things: ---------------------- 1) Such `recognizer's are extremely FLEXIBLE, being made of "real code", they can recognize ANY `filetype'. As an example of the recognizer's flexibility,there is even a LINK-Datatypes recognizer,that uses the datatypes.library! It's just in case you find brand new datatypes you REALLY need, and there is no existing recognizer (yet ;-),so you can use this 'bridge' to datatypes meanwhile. 2) YES, YOU users won't be able to spend nights defining "Matchbyte=XXX" filetypes anymore :) BUT....don't worry, as: - The current "bank" of recognizers surely suits 99% of your needs :) There are LOTS of them already... - Programming a `recognizer' is rather trivial. - If there is feedback (I hope so :), there will be updates of recognizer files, exactly like for external music players, or xpk sublibraries. * Small & fast library (100% assembler). (The library itself is 6Kb or so!!...then you add/remove the recognizers YOU need). * The recognizers are sorted by priority:recognizers that are known to be slow/rare, or handling very much `filetype' will have a low priority etc etc... So----->speed gain. * datamaster.library offers 2 `filetype' checking modes: ->REAL `DATA checking' ("heavy" mode,but very precise). Whatis.library does it too,it's true,but datamaster uses external `recognizer's using >>REAL CODE<<.This should beat all the MATCHBYTE(0x44ff00..) thing I guess....And `recognizer's come out with a 100-200 bytes size which is not that much you'll agree! ->FILE `PATTERN matching',very classic,used in most the previous libraries of this kind before.(accuracy:so,so :-) For programmers: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * The main recognition functions are very easy to use. (ONE library call is enough :) * Many support functions. These functions are for all kind of text/string comparisons,search etc... They were made to be used in the `recognizer's, but they may be used as well in your own programs. Note: being an assembly programmer, I thought of these functions for asm users. (C users already have most of these in amiga.lib) ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 948 501 47.1% 11-Apr-97 10:15:28 Datamaster.info 948 495 47.7% 10-Apr-97 23:21:30 +c.info 6348 3481 45.1% 05-May-97 00:50:38 +DMcontrol 4052 2390 41.0% 05-May-97 00:50:38 +DMlauncher 3432 1699 50.4% 05-May-97 00:54:44 +datamaster_lib.readme 1854 1335 27.9% 10-Apr-97 23:21:30 +datamaster_lib.readme.info 1233 592 51.9% 11-Apr-97 23:54:34 +Developer.info 60238 16930 71.8% 27-Apr-97 18:06:22 +datamaster.doc 24618 7868 68.0% 05-May-97 00:51:50 +DMcontrol_1.9_release.s 17923 6531 63.5% 05-May-97 00:51:50 +DMlauncher_1.4_Release.s 696 375 46.1% 01-May-97 21:34:28 +ANIM-IFF 1356 678 50.0% 01-May-97 21:34:28 +Executable 4227 1821 56.9% 27-Apr-97 18:40:22 +LINK-Datatypes 9754 2916 70.1% 01-May-97 21:34:28 +MUSIC-PtkClones_v1.4 3608 1463 59.4% 01-May-97 21:34:28 +MUSIC-Synth.HookExec_v1.4 2303 868 62.3% 01-May-97 21:34:28 +SMPL-Others_v1.4 705 431 38.8% 11-Apr-97 23:52:02 +ANIM-IFF.c 350 254 27.4% 11-Apr-97 23:52:04 +extheader.c 698 425 39.1% 11-Apr-97 23:52:04 +PACKED-HotHelpText.c 656 255 61.1% 11-Apr-97 23:52:04 +SMakeFile 6129 2087 65.9% 01-May-97 21:35:18 +datamaster.i 2305 922 60.0% 01-May-97 21:35:18 +datamaster_lib.i 2327 710 69.4% 27-Apr-97 18:42:26 +datamaster_protos.h 7125 2260 68.2% 01-May-97 21:35:50 +datamaster.h 4508 833 81.5% 27-Apr-97 18:42:26 +datamaster_lib.h 208 132 36.5% 27-Apr-97 18:42:24 +datamaster.h 1611 502 68.8% 27-Apr-97 18:42:24 +datamaster_lib.fd 948 493 47.9% 10-Apr-97 23:21:30 +Docs.info 24618 9008 63.4% 05-May-97 00:56:56 +Datamaster_main.guide 1870 1356 27.4% 10-Apr-97 18:55:22 +Datamaster_main.guide.info 15420 4856 68.5% 05-May-97 00:56:58 +DMcontrol.guide 1870 1355 27.5% 10-Apr-97 18:55:32 +DMcontrol.guide.info 11937 4877 59.1% 05-May-97 00:57:00 +DMlauncher.guide 1870 1351 27.7% 10-Apr-97 18:55:40 +DMlauncher.guide.info 16343 3444 78.9% 01-May-97 21:31:04 +Formats.guide 1870 1355 27.5% 10-Apr-97 18:55:48 +Formats.guide.info 948 496 47.6% 10-Apr-97 23:21:30 +libs.info 6860 3963 42.2% 05-May-97 00:47:42 +datamaster.library 184 133 27.7% 05-May-97 00:47:56 +ANIM-AVI 204 156 23.5% 05-May-97 00:47:56 +ANIM-FLI 204 150 26.4% 05-May-97 00:47:58 +ANIM-IFF 204 147 27.9% 05-May-97 00:47:58 +ANIM-MPEG 192 143 25.5% 05-May-97 00:47:58 +ANIM-QT 224 166 25.8% 05-May-97 00:47:58 +ASCII-AmigaGuide 388 284 26.8% 05-May-97 00:47:58 +ASCII-REXX 328 258 21.3% 05-May-97 00:47:58 +ASCII-Text 376 273 27.3% 05-May-97 00:47:58 +Executable 220 175 20.4% 05-May-97 00:47:58 +GFX-BMP 316 246 22.1% 05-May-97 00:47:58 +GFX-DXF 200 146 27.0% 05-May-97 00:47:58 +GFX-GIF 196 152 22.4% 05-May-97 00:47:58 +GFX-IFF 228 168 26.3% 05-May-97 00:47:58 +GFX-JPEG 228 181 20.6% 05-May-97 00:47:58 +GFX-PCX 204 144 29.4% 05-May-97 00:47:58 +GFX-TARGA 236 179 24.1% 05-May-97 00:47:58 +GFX-TIFF 204 153 25.0% 05-May-97 00:48:00 +Icon 668 480 28.1% 05-May-97 00:48:00 +LINK-Datatypes 1676 1074 35.9% 05-May-97 00:48:00 +MUSIC-Others 2312 1339 42.0% 05-May-97 00:48:00 +MUSIC-PtkClones 5904 3853 34.7% 05-May-97 00:48:00 +MUSIC-Synth 524 389 25.7% 05-May-97 00:48:00 +MUSIC-Synth.cust 196 146 25.5% 05-May-97 00:48:00 +PACKED-DMS 244 165 32.3% 05-May-97 00:48:00 +PACKED-HotHelpText 216 165 23.6% 05-May-97 00:48:00 +PACKED-LHA 188 142 24.4% 05-May-97 00:48:00 +PACKED-LZX 180 131 27.2% 05-May-97 00:48:00 +PACKED-XPK 200 142 29.0% 05-May-97 00:48:00 +PACKED-ZIP 192 152 20.8% 05-May-97 00:48:00 +SMPL-IFF 576 373 35.2% 05-May-97 00:48:00 +SMPL-Others 0 0 0.0% 05-May-97 00:48:02 + 948 498 47.4% 10-Apr-97 23:21:30 +s.info 1641 639 61.0% 05-May-97 00:52:48 +DMlauncher.prefs -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 274715 104250 62.0% 11-May-97 21:30:52 72 files