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        CFG v1.4
        --------

1. What is it?
1.1. New...
1.2. Examples
2. Where can I get it?
3. How do I compile it?
4. Known Bugs...

1. What is CFG???
   --------------

CFG is just another config library that loads
.ini 'like' files, but CFG has one major
difference from all the others... Sections
can be nested up to 200 in depth. (might be
unlimited if I have nothing to do one day :)

1.1. New...
     ------
     1.4
     ---
     o *MAJOR* bug fixed in the 'split' function.
     o added the 'set_section' function.
     o added the 'set_cfg_var_type' function.
     o added *some* documentation. :) 


     1.2
     ---
     o The parser now handles text using the default local..
     o It is way more sane when handling different types of vars,
       ie: numbers are saved as a bare string (no quotes),
           single quoted strings are saved as single quoted strings. :)
     o Blank CFG_FILE structures may now be created via the
new_cfg(void) func.
     o CFG_FILE's can be saved under a different name using the
       save_cfg(CFG_FILE *, char *) function.
     o Multiline options are alloud.. (kinda like the line continuation
for the
       c preprocessor) check the test.cfg file to se exactly what they
look like.
     o Redefined vars arn't a memory leak anymore and if the concat
option is
       set before a cfg file is parsed it will join them together.

1.2. Examples.
     ---------

   example 1:

      CFG_FILE *cfg = load_cfg("somefile.cfg"); // load a .cfg file.
      char *get_cfg_string(cfg,"some.section","somevar","default
value");
      ...
      set_cfg_int(cfg,"some.section","somevar",123);
      close_cfg(cfg);


   exampe 2:

           CFG_FILE *cfg = new_cfg(); // create new blank cfgfile
           set_cfg_option(cfg, concat); // tell the parser that
           // you want strcat() redefined cfg vars together.

                set_section(cfg, "some");

           set_cfg_int(cfg,"section","somevar",123); // sets
'some.section.somevar'
      save_cfg(cfg, "somefile.cfg");


2. Where can I get it?
   -------------------

   http://strangesoft.hypermart.net/cfg.html

3. How do I compile it?
   --------------------

To compile CFG you must have DJGPP (http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/)
or linux. Type 'make' into a command prompt to compile,
and 'make install' to install.

(It should work under any GCC compiler but it has only been tested
 under DJGPP and Linux on an Intel processor)

4. Known Bugs...
   -------------

        o multi-line options arn't saved as a multiline option
        o when a file has been read in concat mode, the save function
has no clue.
        o the save function is all wrong but it's not to high a
priority...
        o nesting sections too deap may cause a crash (core dump)



-- 
Tom Fjellstrom
tfjellstrom AT home DOT com
http://strangesoft.hypermart.net/