[AD] packfile password not properly documented?

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Hi,

See this thread:
http://www.allegro.cc/ubb-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=002998

And here's a proposed documentation patch. I'm ont sure if this was intended to be there or not, so I haven't applied the patch.

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- Robert J Ohannessian
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Index: allegro._tx
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RCS file: /cvsroot/alleg/allegro/docs/src/allegro._tx,v
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -b -r1.18 allegro._tx
--- allegro._tx	2002/01/20 01:10:13	1.18
+++ allegro._tx	2002/01/29 03:25:18
@@ -5846,14 +5846,15 @@
 @xref pack_fopen, load_datafile
    Sets the encryption password to be used for all read/write operations
    on files opened in future using Allegro's packfile functions (whether
-   they are compressed or not). Files written with an encryption password
-   cannot be read unless the same password is selected, so be careful: if
-   you forget the key, I can't make your data come back again! Pass NULL
-   or an empty string to return to the normal, non-encrypted mode. If you
-   are using this function to prevent people getting access to your
-   datafiles, be careful not to store an obvious copy of the password in
-   your executable: if there are any strings like "I'm the password for
-   the datafile", it would be fairly easy to get access to your data :-)
+   they are compressed or not), including all the save, load and config
+   routines. Files written with an encryption password cannot be read
+   unless the same password is selected, so be careful: if you forget the
+   key, I can't make your data come back again! Pass NULL or an empty
+   string to return to the normal, non-encrypted mode. If you are using
+   this function to prevent people getting access to your datafiles, be
+   careful not to store an obvious copy of the password in your executable:
+   if there are any strings like "I'm the password for the datafile", it
+   would be fairly easy to get access to your data :-)
 
    Important: as soon as you have opened a file using an encryption
    password, call packfile_password(NULL) again. Better still, don't touch


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