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From: lamantia AT gte DOT net
Subject: Re: Allegro: grabber: file order
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Sender: Chris La Mantia <chrisl AT tfepds DOT com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 08:51:34 -0500
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> In comp.os.msdos.djgpp, article <35A2FB84 DOT CED8E813 AT iname DOT com>, Plamen 
> Petkov (pbpetkov AT iname DOT com) wrote:
>
> > I am using the Allegro Grabber utility to make data file, and I want
> to
> > be able to reorder the files. For example, I have a bunch of
> animation
> > frames that must be in the right order, i.e. GRASS, WATER_0,
> WATER_1,
> > and so on. But when I add another file, let's say, SCREENPAL, it
> goes
> > between the frames, causing bad things! :-/
> > 
> > Is there a way of controlling the order of the files?
> 
I always add a prefix to related items to ensure that they sort
together; thus, my EYES icon is I_EYES and my SWORD icon is I_SWORD.

Alternatively, you can hack the grabber to remove the sort (although I
seem to recall a discussion of this a while back that suggested this was
a Bad Thing), or you can add the related items to a sub-datafile.

--Chris

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