Better text compression, save 35 bytes, now 8816

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/textcomp.c b/textcomp.c
index 7139225..71b4dad 100644
--- a/textcomp.c
+++ b/textcomp.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	for every string.
 
 	Input length | Encoded length | Ratio
-	(incl. null) |                |
+	(incl. null) | (bytes)        |
 	2            | 2              | 100%, don't bother
 	3            | 3              | 100%, don't bother
 	4            | 3              | 75%
@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@
 	62 = )
 	63 = newline
 
-	All the strings used by taipan.c are listed in the __END__ section
-	of messages.pl. The perl script calls this program (textcomp) once
+	All the strings used by taipan.c are listed in messages.msg, except
+	the help messages in the cartridge build (which are in helpmsgs.msg).
+	The perl script messages.pl calls this program (textcomp) once
 	per string, and outputs C source consisting of the encoded versions.
 	Each string in the __END__ section is preceded by a name, and the
 	generated C source uses these names with M_ prefixed.
@@ -60,11 +61,11 @@
 	but it's not really noticeable. cputc() is used for printing, so it
 	respects the reverse video setting (set by rvs_on() and rvs_off()).
 	The task of replacing cputs("some string") with print_msg(M_some_string)
-	is done manually.
+	was done manually.
 
 	When a newline is printed, our modified conio moves the cursor to the
 	start of the next line, so no \r's are needed. Any \r sequences listed
-	in messages.pl are discarded before encoding is done.
+	in the .msg files are discarded before encoding is done.
 
 	Since no prompts ever use capital Z, it's used as an escape character
 	for dictionary lookups (e.g. Za = "Li Yuen", Zb = "Elder Brother").