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- From: szymcza@uwindsor.ca (Adam Szymczak)
- Subject: Re: Wanted: Amigaguide.lib replacement for compressed files?
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- Organization: University of Windsor
- References: <4dkikr$qf4@nic.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 17:46:00 GMT
-
- In article <4dkikr$qf4@nic.com>, Daniel I. Schwartz <dis@nic.com> wrote:
- >I am suprised that I've never seen anyone ask about this but what I'm
- >looking for (I think) is a program or other solution that would intercept
- >what I would guess are calls to amigaguide.library from programs that
- >support the Help key.
- >
- >Amigaguide files are good candidates for compression. (eg. 80k -> -> 26k)
- >There are amigaguide replacements, such as "Showguide" which was recently
- >posted to Aminet, which will read these files.
-
- Use a program such as PowerPacker to compress Amigaguide files. I use
- XPKGuide to then read PowerPacked files and other compression formats. I
- renamed XPKGuide to AmigaGuide and voila, compressed text files.
-
- >However, if a program supports the help key, either in a context sensitive
- >fashion or just calling up a help file, and the program is powerpacked (or
- >otherwise compressed) you just get a screen of gibberish.
- >
- >I tried replacing amigaguide with Showguide, but nothing happened. That's
- >why I suppose it must have something to do with the amigaguide.library.
-
- That's because the program is still looking for Amigaguide not Showguide.
- Rename Showguide to AmigaGuide (rename Amigaguide to Amigaguide.old) and
- see what happens.
- --
- Yours truly,
-
- Adam Szymczak, BA Master of Arts in Geography (Urban Planning)
- szymcza@server.uwindsor.ca University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
-