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2 Sep 2024 10:13:32 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Request for a new feature.  
From: Ron Parker
Date: 10 Feb 2000 12:57:13
Message: <slrn8a5up1.v8.ron.parker@parkerr.fwi.com>
On Thu, 10 Feb 2000 13:43:51 +0100, Bouf wrote:
>Hi all.
>
>I've recently made a little patch from MegaPov 0.2, for personal use,
>that allows me to write some bytes in a binary file (with a new
>directive #writeb). I've used it to write and use df3 files.

With the exception of \0 (a zero byte) and possibly CR/LF (due to 
DOS translation stuff) it's already possible to write binary data 
to files using the official #write.  The best patch would be one to
fix the problems with #write to allow all values.

-- 
These are my opinions.  I do NOT speak for the POV-Team.
The superpatch: http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/superpatch/
My other stuff: http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html


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