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On 2002-06-26, Peter Wang <tjaden@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This document describes the format of Allegro's packfiles from a
> decompression point of view. It does not describe how to do the
> compression (read the source).
"read the source, or ask Google about LZSS"
> Another form of packfiles are uncompressed packfiles, which begin with the
> four byte signature "slh+" (ASCII), in hexadecimal 0x73, 0x6C, 0x68, 0x2E.
"slh."
> Packfiles must be decompressed sequentially. The first byte following the
> signature in the packfile is the "flags" byte, which determines how the
> following "chunks" in the file are to be interpreted.
I didn't know what to call "chunks". Suggestions?
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王浩禎