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- From: peter@ncrpda.curtin.edu.au (Peter N Lewis)
- Subject: Re: BINHEX SOURCE CODE
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- References: <8667.99.uupcb@outlan.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> <By6CwJ.DsA@news.iastate.edu>
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 03:13:05 GMT
-
- In article <By6CwJ.DsA@news.iastate.edu>, niko@iastate.edu (Nikolaus E
- Schuessler) wrote:
- >
- > In article <8667.99.uupcb@outlan.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> charles.berlinguette@outlan.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Charles Berlinguette) writes:
- > >I would like to get the source code, or a description of an output file
- > >for the BINHEX decoder/encoder as used in the files processed in the
- > >group comp.binaries.mac.
-
- > You can look for DeHQX ... I think that source has been posted somewhere
- > on the net. There is a 'non-technical' description of the format also.
- > Look in the info-mac archives in the source directory. info-mac/src/c.
-
- DeHQX's source code is in info-mac/source/pascal (it's written in Pascal,
- obviously :-). I wouldn't recomend it for figuring out the binhex format
- though, it's very messy code, trying to juggle running smoothly while being
- totally non-modal. The source for mcvert is in /info-mac/unix, that might
- be better to look at (but it's in C). The specs for the binhex format are
- in /info-mac/tech/binhex-40-spec.txt.
-
- BTW, if you can, use MacBinary instead - its about a dozen times easier to
- implement...
-
- Have fun,
- Peter.
-
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- Peter N Lewis <peter@ncrpda.curtin.edu.au> Ph: +61 9 368 2055
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