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["Michael Phipps" <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you have specific flex/bison questions, I have some experience with them...

>Hi all,
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>I'd like to let you know that I have started writing the resource
>compiler "rc", an open source replacement for Be's (experimental)
>"beres" and "deres" tools.
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>A resource compiler is a command-line tool that takes a "resource
>script" and turns it into a .rsrc file. There are several reasons
>for using a tool like this. First of all, you no longer need a
>separate GUI tool to build your .rsrc files (whether this is a good
>thing or not is probably subjective ;-) You can add rc to your
>Makefile or Jamfile and make it completely automatic. But most
>importantely, .rsrc files and CVS don't mix very well. When rc is
>finished, we should be able to replace all .rsrc files from our CVS
>tree by the text-based .rdef files.
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>rc uses the .rdef file format in order to stay backwards compatible
>with beres/deres. Unfortunately, the .rdef format is limited, so I
>will be adding several extensions. You will be able to "include"
>picture files such as PNG, without having to convert them to a
>text-based array first. (This goes for any array of binary data, not
>just pictures.) You will also be able to set application properties,
>such as the signature, the launch flags, icons, and version numbers.
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>The "compile" part (what beres used to do) is not finished yet. I
>have already figured out the grammar, but I need to brush up on my
>flex/bison knowledge first ;-) However, the "decompiler" (what deres
>used to do) is already finished. That, of course, was the easy
>part...
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>In due time, I will submit the source code of "rc" to the OpenBeOS
>CVS in the "/current/src/tools/" folder, and write Jam rules and
>such. But for now, I just wanted to let you guys know I am working
>on this.
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>If you have any comments or suggestions, I'd very much like to hear
>them!
>
>Thanks,
>Matthijs
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