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From: lvirden@pro-tcc.cts.com (Larry Virden)
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Subject: Re: //gs APW "compress"
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Date: 17 Dec 89 21:13:51 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from fadden@cory.Berkeley.EDU

Andy, what source code changes have been made to this compress?  I know of a
source for a 16 bit compress in C which works on MS-DOS.  Since they have many
of the same memory problems that the IIgs does, I wonder if we couldnt use
that code pretty much as is.

Also, has anyone thought of a way to build an interface to a C program so that
it would operate in 3 modes:

1. from a shell with arguments
2. from a program launcher without arguments (from prosel, etc.)
3. from the Finder launched as a part of an Icon.

I would think that a standard subroutine could pretty much be written up which
could use getopt to parse arguments as provided by the user, or prompt the
user (perhaps as dialog boxes?) as necessary.

Has anyone taken this source code and compiled it under Orca/C?
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