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From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: mysteries of printer drivers
Message-ID: <2542@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 19-Oct-87 17:20:21 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2542
Posted: Mon Oct 19 17:20:21 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 20-Oct-87 22:35:34 EDT
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Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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Keywords: printer driver code device dependent weirdnesses

In article <9312@ut-sally.UUCP> bryan@mothra.cs.utexas.edu (Bryan Bayerdorffer) writes:
>	1. Why do the various init.asm files open all those libraries?  As far
>	   as I can see, none of the driver code references any library 
>	   functions.

Leftovers from when each driver needed to read preferences (before we
had the driver pull in a copy of Preferences, as I recall.  I don't
think anything other than graphics.library is needed at the moment.

>	2. Why does printertag.asm XREF _PrinterSegmentData, when this isn't
>	   referenced anywhere in the file?  I'm just wondering if I'm missing
>	   something deep here.

Nope...you don't need it.  Pull it out.

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