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From: s0052mol AT sun10 DOT vsz DOT bme DOT hu (Molnar Laszlo)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: DJP
Date: 13 May 1996 09:14:31 GMT
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HI!

Martynas Kunigelis (martynas DOT kunigelis AT VM DOT KTU DOT LT) wrote:
: I think original stub.asm error messages should be restored in djpstub.asm.
: I mean those messages are for users, not programmers. A programmer who packs
: his work with djp will be smart enough to look up the docs when a message
: like "2" or "3" pops up, but an average Joe-User will get really confused
: seeing a digit instead of his favourite game screen. Another 512 bytes would
: not hurt that bad compared to size gain due to compression. Would they?
: 
: It would be also very nice (and really easy to implement) if djp accepted
: COFF images along with EXEs. But that's a minor problem. Error messages are
: really important, I think.

Yes, you are right. I'll restore the error messages in the next release.
(But this week I have to finish my diploma thesis.)
Markus (the author of LZO1) sent me some notes, so the next release will
include some other stuff too (maybe an unpacker).

Bye, Laszlo Molnar