Call for standards: EPROM/cal editing

[TK]

The format for GMEPro's EPE files is readily available but few people have
taken advantage of that. They just want me to keep cranking out EPE files.
That's fine by me.  The sharing of home-brewed EPE files is fine by me, but
I don't want the one's I supplied floating around any more than they are.

During the program's early development, I released the format of GMEPro's
EPE files and noticed it found it's way into at least one other program.
That's cool too.

I don't think any of us relish the idea of rewriting the files so the other
editors can read them. It's a fair amount of work and I'm sure each of us
have little differences that would make them incompatible (or we'd argue
until the next coming of Christ on what to do).

Frankly, for the non-shareware programmers, it is MP3 in the making. No
doubt, if I opened up the EPE files, it would further the "knowledge base of
the DIY community." But for me, I sell the EPE files rather than the
program. That's where the real work is located.

I hope that makes sense without sounding too dick-headed.

Terry


>
> That's one of the goals, yes. Another of the primary
> desired outcomes would be the ability of the average
> Joe who's working out the table locations in a yet
> unknown cal to add them to a TDF as he finds them.
>
> He could use any editor he liked to use, and not be
> restricted to whichever one happened to have a TDF
> for his application. (Or maybe none, if no one yet
> supported it)
>
> Ultimately, it'll be up to the editor authors such
> as yourself whether or not you'll support the standard
> format. That's what really makes a standard a
> *standard*,
> adoption by the programming/software community.
>
> The ultimate intent is to make a definition file
> that's freely available (even if the Editor isn't)
> so that the tuner can use his choice of editor and
> maybe further the knowledge base of the DIY community.
> That's the hope, anyway. :)
>
>
> Later,
>
> Dig


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