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From: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Iffparse.library (was Re: IFF to C util wanted)
Summary: Patience my son :-)
Message-ID: <13977@well.UUCP>
Date: 6 Oct 89 07:19:20 GMT
References: <125371@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <4719@cbnewsm.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
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>In article <125371@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) writes:
>>For sound stuff I haven't got a clue. Maybe you would whip something up
>>with the Leo/Stuart iffparse.library. 

	Thanks for the plug, Chuck.

In article <4719@cbnewsm.ATT.COM> nsw@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (Neil Weinstock) writes:
>Speaking of which, has iffparse.library ever been released in any form?
>I haven't seen it, nor have either of the two perpetrators been much in
>evidence on the net lately...
>
>What's the deal?

	The deal is that I'm *busy*.

	I'm down here in Glendale (that's near Burbank/Hollyweird) at the
offices of Silent Software, trying to finish Onion once and for all.  I want
you all to imagine a very tired and very irritated programmer with a sore
back sitting in front of an Amiga working on a program with a 40-watt lamp
behind him.

	Fortunately, I have my stuffed lion doll with me.

	Iffparse.library is on hold until Onion is finished (not so long as
you might think).  When iffparse moves to the front burner, the link library
stubs will be fixed (they don't save/restore A6), re-written in Lattice
5.0? (the '?' is a wildcard), have a few features added, a few weirdnesses
removed, upgraded to Beta status, and made available for general
consumption.  Those of you who have the Alpha release, *please* mail your
comments; I still read my mail here.  It's not like I'm dead or anything.
This will be your *only* opportunity to make bug reports/comments/suggestions
before the library design is cast in stone.

	As for new display hacks...  Well, there's this space docking
animation I did that I think you'll like.  However, it's being distributed
through unexpected channels (wink!).

	I'm pleased that there's interest in the parser, and I hope you'll
all be patient as I really am dancing as fast as I can.

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