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textpack(1) General Commands Manual textpack(1) NAME
textpack - Pack and unpack Flex files containing text SYNOPSIS
textpack -c FLEXFILE [TEXTFILE] textpack -x FLEXFILE [TEXTFILE] DESCRIPTION
Text Flex files are used for the storage of strings by the games Exult supports. While expack(1) can operate on such files, using textpack to pack and unpack them is more comfortable. The first parameter determines the mode of operation, -c stands for creation, -x for extraction. Creation TEXTFILE (or stdin if it is missing) is read and must conform to the file format (see below). FLEXFILE will be created containing the strings from this input. Extraction The strings contained in FLEXFILE are extracted and written to TEXTFILE (if given, stdout otherwise) in the file format documented below. File Format Empty lines, and lines starting with a pound sign (#) are ignored. Other lines must begin with a number, followed by a colon (:). The num- ber is the index of the string and may be given either in decimal, in octal prefixed with 0; or in hexadecimal prefixed with 0x. Anything following the colon belongs to the string and gets stored in the Flex verbatim. Lines are limited in length to 1024 characters. EXAMPLES
textpack -x text.flx Writes all the strings contained in text.flx to stdout in the format discussed above. textpack -c text.flx strings.list Reads strings.list and puts its contents into the Flex file text.flx Example text file # An example 0:the zeroth string # strings may be empty 1: # holes are allowed, strings 2 to 16 will be empty 17:string seventeen # 13 hexadecimal == 19 decimal, 24 octal == 20 decimal 0x13:nineteen 024:twenty # numbers need not go up 18:eighteen # this will overwrite the definition from above 19:overwritten AUTHOR
This manpage was written by Robert Bihlmeyer. It may be freely redistributed and modified under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or higher. SEE ALSO
expack(1), exult(6) Exult 2002-03-24 textpack(1)
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splitshp(1) General Commands Manual splitshp(1) NAME
splitshp - Split Shape into frames or combine frames into Shapes SYNOPSIS
splitshp SHAPE FRAME... splitshp SHAPE DESCRIPTION
Shape files are used for storage of all visible elements (from UI buttons to terrain features) of the games Exult supports. Shapes contain one or more frames. splitshp can be used to combine frames into one file, or split a Shape file into its component frames. The mode of operation is determined by looking at the number of commandline arguments. Exactly one argument means splitting, more than one argument signals a combining operation. Combining Each FRAME names a Shape file typically consisting of only one frame (i.e. subsequent frames are ignored). All these frames are concate- nated and written to the Shape file SHAPE. Splitting SHAPE will be read and split into its component frames. Each of those will be written to its own Shape file. The names of these files are determined by splitting the name of SHAPE before the last dot -- anything before this dot is the STEM, anything else (including the dot) is the PREFIX, which may be empty in case there is no dot in the name. The output files are then named STEM_nnSUFFIX with nn replaced by the frame number. EXAMPLES
splitshp button.shp button-up.shp button-down.shp Packs the (first) two frames from button-up.shp and button-down.shp into the Shape file button.shp splitshp grizzly Unpacks the frames contained in the Shape file grizzly into the (single-frame) Shape files grizzly_00, grizzly_01, grizzly_02, etc. splitshp boar.new.shp Unpacks the frames contained in the Shape file boar.new.shp into the (single-frame) Shape files boar.new_00.shp, boar.new_01.shp, boar.new_02.shp, etc. AUTHOR
This manpage was written by Robert Bihlmeyer. It may be freely redistributed and modified under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or higher. SEE ALSO
exult(6), shp2pcx(1) Exult 2002-03-24 splitshp(1)