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authorB. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk>2022-08-29 16:15:36 -0400
committerB. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk>2022-08-29 16:15:36 -0400
commitee9539a3381212f0dce1a2e42593ece60b1c6c75 (patch)
tree96b64d8ae2ec63904539415a9488d4ec3a7b53f8
parent7050d6b8e4429bcb298109c3527c70ea88a4974e (diff)
downloadbw-atari8-tools-ee9539a3381212f0dce1a2e42593ece60b1c6c75.tar.gz
Update axe docs
-rw-r--r--.gitignore14
-rw-r--r--axe.111
-rw-r--r--axe.rst9
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6f8b087..931a851 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+*.swp
*.syms
1
2
@@ -6,3 +7,16 @@
*~
*.old
*.bak
+*.o
+a8eol
+atr2xfd
+atrsize
+axe
+blob2c
+cart2xex
+fenders
+rom2cart
+unmac65
+xexcat
+xexsplit
+xfd2atr
diff --git a/axe.1 b/axe.1
index f26293b..85cf929 100644
--- a/axe.1
+++ b/axe.1
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ level margin: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]
.\" new: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]
.in \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]u
..
-.TH "AXE" 1 "2022-08-28" "0.2.0" "Urchlay's Atari 8-bit Tools"
+.TH "AXE" 1 "2022-08-29" "0.2.1" "Urchlay's Atari 8-bit Tools"
.SH NAME
axe \- ATR/XFD Editor
.\" RST source for axe(1) man page. Convert with:
@@ -121,15 +121,6 @@ e.g. beginning with a number, or containing punctuation. Atari DOS
might or might not be able to even delete such files, but \fBaxe\fP will
be able to if it happens.
.sp
-One known bug: when writing a file to an image, if the file\(aqs size
-is a multiple of 125 (the number of data bytes per sector), an extra
-sector is allocated (with 0 data bytes in it). This doesn\(aqt actually
-cause a problem for Atari DOSes (it just wastes space on the disk),
-but it prevents simple\-minded XEX loaders like Fenders from being able
-to load the file (technically this is a bug in Fenders, too). Atari
-DOSes actually can create files like this if they\(aqre opened for
-append, then closed without writing new data.
-.sp
\fBaxe\fP does nothing with the boot sectors (sectors 1\-3) of the disk
image. When creating a new image, the boot sectors will be blank (all
zeroes), meaning the disk won\(aqt be bootable. If DOS.SYS is written to
diff --git a/axe.rst b/axe.rst
index 01e8a10..3e493c5 100644
--- a/axe.rst
+++ b/axe.rst
@@ -96,15 +96,6 @@ e.g. beginning with a number, or containing punctuation. Atari DOS
might or might not be able to even delete such files, but **axe** will
be able to if it happens.
-One known bug: when writing a file to an image, if the file's size
-is a multiple of 125 (the number of data bytes per sector), an extra
-sector is allocated (with 0 data bytes in it). This doesn't actually
-cause a problem for Atari DOSes (it just wastes space on the disk),
-but it prevents simple-minded XEX loaders like Fenders from being able
-to load the file (technically this is a bug in Fenders, too). Atari
-DOSes actually can create files like this if they're opened for
-append, then closed without writing new data.
-
**axe** does nothing with the boot sectors (sectors 1-3) of the disk
image. When creating a new image, the boot sectors will be blank (all
zeroes), meaning the disk won't be bootable. If DOS.SYS is written to