mwm@raybed2.msd.ray.com (mwm) (04/11/91)
I have some questions regarding the recently posted programs gl-open, gl-make and also the GRASPALL package that was posted to c.b.i.p a while ago. First, a question about the GRASPALL package. This was a shareware GL composing program from Microtex Industries, copyrighted in 1986. I know that Paul Mace sells the new commercial version of this, but my question is this; were there ever any later releases of this program that would handle VGA images such as the majority of GL's floating around these days? This package looked great from playing around with it, but you can't do too much with EGA. Are there any other shareware/PD programs that will allow you to manipulate Grasp files. (Mainly, playing around with the TXT file.) I'm getting tired of using my hex editor to play with GLs ;^) The programs gl-open and gl-make posted recently looked promising, but there appear to be a few problems, if anyone can answer them, go for it! These programs are supposed to allow you to take apart and put together GL files into thier component files. The first problem is that when taking apart GLs, gl-open appears to choke on big gl files. Looking at the source leads me to believe that it could be a simple bug, but I don't have a C compiler loaded on my machine to do any debugging. The second problem is that the PIC files that get extracted from the GL file don't appear to be PCPntbrsh format, which I think is the format that they're supposed to be. Several graphics packages I have did not recognize the format of these PIC files. Lastly, how does one get the gl-make program to work, I only know the real basics about Grasp files, and I can't figure out why this program won't work. I can get it to create a GL file for me, but my Grasp viewers don't recognize the GL file. (This was done on a GL file that I had used gl-open on, not my own creation). Has anyone gotten it to work? thanks for any help, Mark -- *Mark Marino * D. world destruction *mwm@raybed6.msd.ray.com * Over and overture *Raytheon Co. * N. do I need *Tewksbury, MA * Apostrophe T. need this torture?